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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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Tom Sundlof, former senior attorney at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Life Sciences industry team and Corporate, M&A, and Securities practice group. Tom brings more than two decades of government experience to Blank Rome, including key legal positions at the FDA and the U.S. House of Representatives. Tom’s FDA practice was wide-ranging, including leading the agency on regulatory, compliance, and enforcement matters for medical devices, combination products, and other FDA-regulated products. Tom joins Blank Rome from the FDA’s Office of the Chief Counsel, where he served as Associate Chief Counsel and Assistant Deputy Chief Counsel (Acting), advising on high-profile regulatory actions, enforcement, and policy development.

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Akin announced today that Steven Emme, immediate past chief strategy officer for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has joined the firm as an international trade partner in Washington, D.C. The move further strengthens Akin’s best-in-class international trade team, enhancing the firm’s export controls and sanctions practice capabilities. Prior to his most recent service at the BIS, Emme was senior counsel at Akin, advising clients on compliance with the BIS’ Export Administration Regulations, the Department of State’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations and sanctions regulations administered by the Department of the Treasury.

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