Miller Canfield announced the opening of its office in Washington, D.C., as three attorneys—principals Pawel Chudzicki and Władek Rzycki, and senior attorney Lana Yaghi—joined the firm today. The announcement was made by CEO Michael McGee. The addition of the three attorneys, coming to Miller Canfield from global firm K&L Gates, adds strength to Miller Canfield’s robust and growing international practice team. It also enables the firm to enhance the scope of services for domestic and international clients through the opening a Washington, D.C., office that will be led by Chudzicki. The addition also strengthens the firm’s Polish capabilities, with three offices in Warsaw, Gdynia and Wroclaw, positioning Miller Canfield as the leading firm for clients engaged in U.S.-Polish business matters. More >>

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the arrival of partner Alonso J. Cisneros to the Real Estate department and Structured & Real Estate Finance practice group in Washington, D.C. Cisneros was previously with Troutman Sanders LLP, where he was a member of its Multifamily Housing Finance group in Washington, D.C., focused on loan origination and servicing transactions. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day announces that Schuyler J. Schouten has joined the Firm’s Government Regulation Practice. Mr. Schouten, who joins Jones Day as a partner and will be based in the Firm’s Washington Office, was previously Senior Associate Counsel to President Trump and Deputy Legal Advisor to the National Security Council. More >>

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has attracted Robert C. Jones as Co-Chair of the firm’s Washington, D.C. Federal Government Law & Policy Practice. Jones focuses his practice on counseling business, association, and not-for-profit clients on federal funding, legislative, regulatory, and policy matters. He joins from Alston & Bird where he was the leader of that firm’s Legislative & Public Policy Group. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Eric D. Greenberg has joined the firm’s Technology Transactions & Privacy and Mergers & Acquisitions practices as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Eric was previously a partner at Paul Hastings LLP where he practiced media and technology deals, for which he was a winner of The Financial Times’ 2016 award for innovative lawyers. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Mitchell Rabinowitz and Jenny Cieplak have joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as partners in the Financial Institutions and FinTech Industry Groups within the Corporate Department. Leaders in the FinTech space, their practices are at the intersection of technology and financial services and focus on joint venture and consortia transactions involving top-tier financial institutions creating and investing in novel technology and industry solutions for market infrastructure deployments. Rabinowitz and Cieplak join Latham & Watkins from Crowell & Moring LLP. More >>

Andrew G. McBride, a former federal prosecutor and nationally recognized trial and appellate lawyer with more than two decades of experience representing corporate clients and individuals, has joined McGuireWoods’ Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department as a partner in Washington, D.C. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day announces that former U.S. Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe has joined the Firm’s Washington Office as a partner in the Investigations & White Collar Practice. Mr. Sharpe comes to Jones Day after serving as U.S. Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands from 2009 through 2017. More >>

The Washington, D.C., office of K&L Gates LLP has added Stephen M. Humenik as a partner in the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments and derivatives and structured products practices of the global law firm’s financial services practice area. He joins K&L Gates from Covington & Burling LLP, where he led the global futures and derivatives practice. More >>

Lewis Brisbois is excited to announce the addition of four attorneys to the firm’s Environmental & Administrative Law Practice in its Washington, D.C. office. Jane C. Luxton and Karen C. Bennett join as partners and co-chairs of the newly expanded practice. The group also includes William J. Walsh, who joins as a partner, and Amanda L. Tharpe, who joins as an associate. More >>