Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison announced Tuesday its addition of a trio of partners from Sidley Austin, including Sidley's cohead of leveraged finance in New York, with two already aboard and the third coming in before the end of the month. Nicholas Schwartz, Sidley’s leveraged finance practice cochair, will arrive at Paul Weiss’ New York office by the end of the year, the firm said. Fellow finance partners Mark Adler and Julie Ann Lamm have already joined and are now part of Paul Weiss’ finance group within its corporate department, the firm said. Law.com first learned of the move last month, before there was a set timeline for them. The three attorneys first worked together at Kirkland & Ellis before splitting up for a time and then ultimately reuniting at Sidley, where they each worked for the last four years, give or take a few months for each individual lawyer. A representative for Sidley didn't comment. In a statement, Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp called Schwartz, Adler and Lamm “a truly stellar team of finance advisers.” “Their multifaceted debt financing skillset will amplify our market leading capabilities at a time when we’re seeing increasing demand by our clients for sharp, solutions-oriented financing for their most consequential transactions,” Karp said. Transactional practices have seen a boom in recent months as dealmakers adjust to the turbulent financial and economic landscape that has become the new normal under the second Trump administration, amid tariff and regulatory changes. Sidley recently brought in its own trio of New York transaction-focused laterals in January from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and also had a series of recent partner hires from Latham & Watkins in London, which included multiple leveraged finance partners. Schwartz, Adler and Lamm handle a range of transactions, including syndicated and privately placed financings, restructurings both in and out of court, acquisitions and capital structure transactions, according to Paul Weiss. Scott Barshay, chair of Paul Weiss’ corporate department, said in a statement that he looks forward to working with the trio, adding that he has known Schwartz and his team for more than 10 years.