Paul Weiss Lands Top Dealmaker in Hiring Push.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, a top law firm on Wall Street, has hired Jim Langston, a prominent deal lawyer, from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Langston will join Paul Weiss's mergers-and-acquisitions practice, focusing on public and private deals, shareholder-activism defense, and corporate governance. This move is part of Paul Weiss's effort to expand its business and compete with other elite law firms. The firm has recently made a push to hire partners specializing in private equity and antitrust, and has advised on several major deals in recent months. [Extracted from the article]