K&L Gates has bolstered its Newark office and its hospitality practice through the addition of Wyndham Worldwide Corp.’s former general counsel and three former LeClairRyan bankruptcy attorneys who all work on hospitality matters.

Partner Scott McLester spent 18 years at Wyndham Worldwide before the company completed a spinoff to become two publicly traded companies in late May. Partner Daniel Eliades and of counsels David Catuogno and William Waldman each have nearly three decades of experience in the world of restructuring.