UK-firm Clifford Chance has hired banking partner Thomas Pax for its D.C. office. Pax spent the last 14 years at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Apparantly, Clifford Chance has made U.S. expansion a priority in its seven year strategy plan. Other U.S. hires that have been made this year include John Howitt and Ray Warman from Paul Hastings, and Lori Bean of Winston & Strawn.
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