Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, which recently announced its 27th consecutive year of financial growth, has hired a pair of corporate partners from Hogan Lovells and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips to bolster its bench in the Bay Area.

John Booher joined Sheppard Mullin in Palo Alto, California, on May 1 after more than 14 years at Hogan Lovells, where he was promoted to partner in 2007. Eric Newsom, most recently co-chair of the corporate and finance group and chair of the private equity and venture capital group at Manatt Phelps, headed to Sheppard Mullin’s San Francisco office on May 9.

Eric Newsom