On March 31, 2005, former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani joined the firm as a named partner, with the firm becoming known as Bracewell & Giuliani. Upon this he helped them establish a New York office. Subsequently, Bracewell recruited Mark E. Palmer (formerly with the London firm Linklaters), top restructuring lawyer Evan Flaschen, former federal prosecutor Marc L. Mukasey (son of Judge, U.S. Attorney General, and Giuliani friend Michael Mukasey), former Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Air and Radiation Jeffrey Holmstead, and former U.S. Associate Attorney General Kevin J O'Connor. The firm would have some overlap in clients with the Giuliani Partners consulting operation, but otherwise be independent. For 2006, Giuliani received a $1 million base salary and a 7½ percent share of the profits realized by the New York office, which share amounted to $200,000. During Giuliani's presidential campaign for 2008, he remained a participating partner but did not do direct client or operational work. Giuliani subsequently returned to work for the firm, splitting time between it and his consulting company Giuliani Partners and focusing on overseas efforts. In January 2016, Giuliani left the firm by “amicable agreement,” and the firm was rebranded as Bracewell LLP.