Latham real estate partner jumps ship to Sidley

Latham & Watkins has been hit by a rare partner departure. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood has hired New York-based real estate finance lawyer Brian Krisberg. It is understood that management and executive committee member George Petrow, a securities and corporate finance partner with a specialism in the securitisation of commercial mortgage loans, sponsored Krisberg’s move to Sidley Austin, which was approved by the executive committee last week.