• Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has added Scott Sontag as a partner in its tax department, where he will focus on domestic and international transactions. Sontag joins from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he served as co-head of the firm’s global tax practice.

• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld elected to partner Robert James Boller, litigation; Brian Carney, litigation; Ryan Katz, tax; Meredith Lahaie, financial restructuring; and Daniel Paulos, tax.