Building on a wave of growth in its corporate practice, Dechert is adding a pair of hires in New York. Partners Jeff Norton and Gareth Clark join the firm from Linklaters and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, respectively.

Norton previously led Linklaters’ U.S. banking team, and was the firm’s U.S. co-managing partner from 2011 to 2014. Clark, of Paul Weiss, focuses his practice on private equity and mergers and acquisitions.