Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi has brought in a Los Angeles boutique to start a corporate restructuring and bankruptcy practice.

Howard Weg, founding partner of Peitzman Weg, will become chairman of the new practice and a partner in the Minneapolis firm’s Los Angeles office on June 2. Three other partners from the boutique—Scott Gautier, James Menton and David Shemano—also will join, along with three associates.