Global law firm Clyde & Co today announced the appointment of Kirsten Wilkerson as a partner in its Washington, DC, office. Her arrival marks a strategic expansion of the firm’s North American Trial & Defense practice, reinforcing Clyde & Co’s position as a leading legal advisor to the insurance sector and deepening its litigation capabilities in a key market. Wilkerson arrives from the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where she served as director of the torts branch.

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Clifford Chance US LLP has added Mark C. Williams as a Washington office partner, strengthening its Energy Regulatory and Markets practice in the US. Joining from Day Pitney, Williams brings decades of experience advising investors and energy companies on corporate, financial, securities and related regulatory matters before the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and state utility commissions. He advises private equity fund managers, generating companies, lenders, sovereign investors and project developers, both on transactions and as portfolio counsel.

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Akin announced today that Sara McLean has joined the firm as a regulatory and health care & life sciences partner in Washington, D.C. A luminary in the False Claims Act (FCA) investigation and enforcement space, McLean bolsters the firm’s regulatory group and FCA practice during a time of record FCA enforcement, with nearly 1,000 new qui tam filings last year and an expected uptick in FCA cases related to health care, cyber fraud, education and alleged tariff evasion. McLean brings more than 25 years of service at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), most recently as Assistant Director of the Civil Division Commercial Litigation Branch, where she managed the section’s attorneys and support staff.

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Polsinelli is pleased to announce that Bevin M.B. Newman has joined the firm as a shareholder in the Antitrust Practice. Based in Polsinelli’s Washington, D.C., office, Newman brings more than 25 years of experience advising clients through complex merger reviews, government investigations and strategic collaborations. Newman joins Polsinelli from Sheppard Mullin.

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Janet Kim and Sean Quinn have joined Cooley as partners in the firm’s global litigation department in Washington, DC. Their practices focus on online safety and artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory defense for global technology companies, especially in the European Union and UK, where this practice is burgeoning.

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that leading national security lawyer Antonia Tzinova has joined the Firm as a partner in the Regulatory Transactions Group, based in the Washington, D.C. office. Antonia joins from Holland & Knight LLP, where she was a partner and led the CFIUS and Industrial Security team.

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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Kenneth (“Ken”) J. Nunnenkamp has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the International Trade practice group. Ken’s widely respected, Chambers-ranked practice focuses on national security matters, including extensive experience with Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) reviews, export controls, economic sanctions, trade enforcement investigations, and anti-money laundering. He joins Blank Rome from Morgan Lewis, where he led the CFIUS working group.

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Vinson & Elkins today announced that Tigist Kassahun has joined the firm as a Corporate partner. She will start in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office before soon transitioning her practice to New York. Kassahun joins Vinson & Elkins from Debevoise & Plimpton, where she was a counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions practices.

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Sidley is pleased to announce that John Foote has joined the firm’s Global Arbitration, Trade & Advocacy practice in Sidley’s office in Washington, D.C. Mr. Foote joins from Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where he led the customs practice. Sidley’s Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy practice is a Chambers Band 1 practice in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

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