BakerHostetler is pleased to announce that Carol Van Cleef has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Van Cleef is an authority on the regulation of financial technology (FinTech), including emerging and alternative payments systems, digital currencies and blockchain technologies as well as anti-money laundering, sanctions, and privacy and data security compliance. She becomes the newest member of the firm’s Financial Services Industry and Privacy and Data Protection Teams. She joins BakerHostetler from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, where she was chair of the firm’s global payments practice. More >>

Vinson & Elkins has strengthened its global Tax practice with the addition of Natan Leyva as a partner. Leyva, who will reside in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, focuses on all aspects of international tax planning. More >>

Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce that intellectual property litigators Thomas G. Southard and Brian S. Seal have joined the firm’s Business Litigation practice in Washington, D.C. as a partner and senior counsel, respectively. More >>

Steven P. Hollman has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Business Trial practice group. Hollman joins from Hogan Lovells where he was co-leader of the firm’s False Advertising and Unfair Competition practice group. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that it has added a prominent group of telecom practitioners in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Co-chaired by Michael Senkowski and Nancy Victory, the team also includes partner Eric DeSilva and engineers Tom Dombrowsky and Michael Lewis. More >>

Jonathan L. Lewis has joined McGuireWoods’ Antitrust and Trade Regulation Department as a partner in Washington, D.C., bringing 17 years of experience advising clients on antitrust and commercial litigation matters, merger reviews, and managing business risk. More >>

Alison Watson, former director of federal relations at Northwestern Mutual and earlier staff to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, has joined as a partner in FaegreBD’s insurance practice—part of the firm’s financial services industry team—in Washington, D.C. More >>

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today the addition of Terence P. “Terry” Ross as a partner to the firm’s Intellectual Property group. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Mr. Ross is widely recognized as one of the nation’s pre-eminent first-chair IP trial attorneys. He concentrates his practice on the litigation of disputes relating to intellectual property, media, e-commerce and technology. He has tried more than two dozen jury and bench trials to verdict and made oral arguments to more than a dozen different courts of appeal. More >>

Global 50 law firm Goodwin announced today that Scott Lassman has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Life Sciences Practice. More >>