SJ Berwin has hired a City energy partner with the addition of Neil Upton from Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM).

Upton, who was a consultant at GTM, is joining SJ Berwin as a partner and will lead the development of SJ Berwin’s energy and infrastructure team alongside existing City energy partner Elaine Gibson-Bolton. He was previously head of power at White & Case and global energy head at DLA Piper. He joined White & Case from DLA Piper in 2006, moving to GTM around two years ago.