McDermott Will & Emery, a leading international law firm, announced today that Laura Jehl has joined the Firm’s Regulatory Practice Group as leader of the Global Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice. Laura arrives from Baker & Hostetler LLP and will be based in Washington, DC. More >>

King & Spalding today announced that Lawrence Yanowitch, Thomas Knox, Charles Katz, and Jeremy Schropp have joined the firm as partners in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group. The team focuses on mergers & acquisitions, emerging companies and venture capital and technology and outsourcing transactions, for a wide range of technology and aerospace, defense government services (ADG) companies and investors. The new team will continue to be based in Northern Virginia and will work closely with colleagues in the Washington, D.C. metro area, New York, California and Atlanta. The partners are joining King & Spalding from Morrison & Foerster. More >>

Clark Hill today announced that William Sjoberg has joined the firm as a Member in its International Trade Law Practice in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Prior to joining Clark Hill, Sjoberg was a partner in both Porter Wright and Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg’s International Business & Trade practices. More >>

Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) today announced that J. Ashley Ebersole has joined the firm as a partner within the Investigations, Financial Regulation & White Collar Practice Group, residing in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Ebersole joins the firm from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). More >>

Geoffrey M. Goodale has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in the Washington, D.C., office. The addition of Goodale enhances the firm’s international trade capabilities. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Goodale was a partner at FisherBroyles, LLP. More >>

Patrick D. Traylor, the former Deputy Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in Washington, D.C. Traylor focuses his practice on civil environmental litigation and compliance investigations under all the major federal environmental programs, particularly under the Clean Air Act. Traylor also assists clients with securing project-critical state and federal permits for the construction and expansion of complex facilities.

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Akin Gump today announced the addition of partners M. Andrew Holtman Ph.D. and C. Brandon Rash to its intellectual property practice in Washington, D.C. Both come to Akin Gump from the IP boutique firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP. More >>

Cozen O’Connor today announced attorneys Christopher M. Sweeney and Alexandra E. Busch have joined its Washington D.C. Construction Law practice, bringing to four the number of lawyers who have joined the fast-growing practice in just the past two weeks. With substantial industry experience and contacts throughout the mid-Atlantic region, Sweeney and Busch further enhance Cozen O’Connor’s ability to tap Washington D.C.’s lucrative commercial and multifamily construction market, which is second only to New York City in terms of overall spending. Sweeney and Busch come to the firm from Peckar and Abramson P.C., rejoining construction industry stalwarts Stephen M. Seeger and Jesse S. Keene, who moved from that firm to Cozen O’Connor two weeks ago. More >>

Veleka Peeples-Dyer and Khelin Aiken Boost the Firm’s Regulatory and Life Sciences Capabilities. Baker McKenzie has added two partners focusing on FDA regulatory and biopharmaceutical compliance matters to the Washington, D.C. office. Veleka and Khelin were formerly with McDermott, Will & Emery, where Veleka was co-leader of the FDA practice. Veleka will serve as the Chair of the North America FDA Practice Group at Baker McKenzie. More >>

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chief Trial Counsel Charles “Chuck” Loughlin has joined the firm’s Washington D.C. office as a partner in its Antitrust, Competition, and Economic Regulation (ACER) group within the Global Regulatory Practice. More >>