Axinn is pleased to announce that Tiffany Rider has joined its Antitrust Group as a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that Eric Meiring has joined the firm’s Antitrust/Competition Practice as partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Eric was previously Assistant Chief of the Criminal II Section at the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division in Washington. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that John E. Smith has joined the firm in Washington, D.C., as a co-head of its National Security Practice, and a partner in its Global Risk + Crisis Management Group and Investigations + White Collar Group. Mr. Smith will also spend substantial time in the firm’s European and Tokyo offices. After serving 11 years as a top official in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), including the past three years as OFAC Director, Mr. Smith brings to Morrison & Foerster unmatched experience in economic sanctions, enforcement, and national security. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Fleishman has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He moved to Covington & Burling LLP in 2003 and most recently was senior of counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Morrison & Foerster LLP. More >>

John Hoover has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s structured finance practice, focusing on commercial aircraft transactions. Mr. Hoover will reside in the Washington, D.C., office. Most recently, he was a special counsel at Cooley LLP. More >>

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, today announced that Mark Botti and Anthony Swisher have joined the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice as partners in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. More >>

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Richard Parker is joining the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, where he will continue his antitrust practice. Parker joins the firm from O’Melveny & Myers where he served as co-chair of the Antitrust and Competition Practice. From 1998 to 2001, he served as the Senior Deputy Director and then as Director of the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that Christopher Man has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. He joins from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he worked closely with white collar defense and trial attorney and recent Winston Partner Abbe Lowell. More >>

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has expanded its Washington, D.C. office, welcoming partner Ivan Bilaniuk to the firm. Bilaniuk joins the firm’s litigation department and international business practice group and will focus both on international arbitration and litigation as well as international compliance. More >>