Pillsbury Winthrop Hires Lawyers From Nixon Peabody

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, a San Francisco-based law firm, said it plans to hire as many as 20 corporate attorneys from law firm Nixon Peabody LLP, at least the third group to leave that firm since May 1.The attorneys, who are joining Pillsbury Winthrop’s New York office, include Mats G. Carlston, former head of the global finance practice at Boston-based Nixon Peabody. Carlston will