Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has made a major double hire in London with the addition of White & Case global private equity co-head Richard Youle and fellow private equity partner Katja Butler.

Youle has been at White & Case since 2014 after moving from Linklaters, where he was also private equity co-head alongside Ian Bagshaw, who joined him at the U.S. firm.