Sidley Hires Simpson Thacher L.A. Head

Sidley Austin announced it has hired the longtime head of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s Los Angeles office.

Dan Clivner, managing partner of Simpson’s Los Angeles office since 1998 and a prominent corporate and private equity lawyer, will launch an office for Sidley in Century City and become co-managing partner of its already-established office in downtown Los Angeles, where he will split his time.

Contacted Thursday, Clivner declined to comment for this article, citing the fact that he is still a partner at Simpson Thacher.

By many accounts, Clivner is a big deal in the California corporate legal world. He regularly leads ...