Continuing its hiring steak during the pandemic, Latham & Watkins recruited an M&A partner in San Francisco and a litigation partner in New York.

Eric Schwartzman, who was at Cooley, rejoined Latham as a partner in its M&A and private equity practices in San Francisco and Menlo Park, California, the firm said Wednesday. On the same day, the firm announced Michael Bosworth, a former deputy White House counsel, joined Latham’s white-collar defense and investigations practice in New York.