As it prepares to launch in Boston, Paul Hastings has hired a Sidley Austin private equity co-leader, Alexander Temel, the firm said Tuesday. Temel, based in Boston, will serve as Paul Hastings’ global co-chair of private equity.

Joining Temel is private equity partner William Schwab, who worked with Temel at Sidley. While a Paul Hastings representative declined to comment on Schwab, sources familiar with Schwab confirmed his move to Paul Hastings.