(Reuters) - U.S. law firm Paul Hastings said Thursday that it has hired two partners from rival Goodwin Procter as practice leaders in New York and Washington, D.C.Seo Salimi is departing Goodwin after more than eight years to co-lead Paul Hastings' equity capital markets and corporate life sciences practices in New York. His clients have included Karuna Therapeutics, CRISPR Therapeutics, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Securities, according to his former profile on Goodwin's website. Salimi is joining Paul Hastings along with Sean Donahue, who will chair the firm's public company advisory practice group and co-chair its shareholder activism and takeover defense group. The Los Angeles-founded firm has hired at least 24 partners globally since January. Read more:Law firm Goodwin taps new Silicon Valley-based chairPaul Hastings team takes Latin America-focused deal practice to Baker McKenzieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: Paul Hastings, Goodwin Procter, Seo Salimi, Goodwin, Salimi, Goldman Sachs, J.P, Sean Donahue, Donahue, Dana Syracuse, Perkins Coie, Kenneth Deutsch, Latham & Watkins, Baker McKenzie Organizations: Reuters, . Securities, Exchange Commission, Karuna Therapeutics, CRISPR Therapeutics, Morgan Securities, Washington , D.C, of Corporation Finance, Latham &, Latin, Thomson Locations: New York, Washington, Washington ,, SEC's, Los Angeles, Boston, Latin America