A week after falling short on a $143 billion takeover bid for London-based Unilever plc, Scott Barshay and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison helped the “Home of the Whopper” add a new a resident from Louisiana.

Barshay, the high-profile M&A partner hired by Paul Weiss last year from Cravath, Swaine & Moore, took the lead last week for Oakville, Ontario-based Restaurant Brands International Inc. on its $1.8 billion cash buy of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc.