In New York:
Former SEC deputy director Antonia Apps joined Paul Weiss’ litigation department as a partner … Former chair of Crowell & Moring’s antitrust practice, Juan Arteaga, moved to Sidley … Venable added advertising and transactions partner Barry Benjamin from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton … Alan Tamarelli left Cooley to join Paul Hastings as chair of the life sciences transactions practice … Sidley added global finance partner Leah Edelboim from Cadwalader … Capital markets partner Christopher DeCresce joined Arnold & Porter from Freshfields … Ropes & Gray added finance partner Eliza Riffe Hollander from Fried Frank … Laurie Rosini moved to McDermott’s litigation practice as a partner from Ketsal … Commercial real estate partner Stephanie Stein joined BCLP from McDermott.
In D.C.:
Willkie added energy regulatory partner Frederick Wilson from Troutman Pepper Locke … Former FCC commissioner Geoffrey Starks moved to Latham’s connectivity, privacy and information practice as a partner … Haynes Boone hired Pail Feinstein as a partner in its M&A practice from Venable … Nuclear energy partner Amy Roma moved to Orrick from Hogan Lovells … International trade partner Jeffrey Orenstein joined Squire Patton Boggs from K&L Gates.
In Los Angeles:
Private equity partner Zachary Shub-Essig joined McGuireWoods from Sidley … Finance partner Ike Chidi joined Sidley in Century City from O’Melveny … Morgan Lewis added a trial duo from Fenwick & West: Melissa Lawton in LA and Brian Buckley in Seattle.
In San Francisco:
Foley & Lardner added mechanical and electromechanical technologies partner Darby Chan from Wilson Sonsini and electronics partner Sanjeet Dutta in Silicon Valley from Goodwin … Environmental partner Adam Baas left DLA Piper for BakerHostetler.
In San Diego:
Foley & Lardner added partner Matt Browne to its transactions practice from Cooley and technology transactions partner Peter Stockburger from Dentons where he led the AI, global autonomous vehicles and privacy and cybersecurity teams.
In Boston:
Morgan Lewis added financial services partners Matthew Martel and Joseph Sconyers from Jones Day.
In Chicago:
Structured finance partner Joel Weinberger returned to Latham from Kirkland … Private funds partner Jonathan Temps moved to Greenberg Traurig from Baker McKenzie.
In Dallas:
Marc Katz, former chair of DLA Piper’s employment practice, moved to Vartabedian Hester & Haynes which will now be known as Vartabedian Katz Hester & Haynes. He is joined by fellow former DLA Piper partner Todd Mobley … Willkie added banking regulatory partner Patrick Hanchey from Alston & Bird … Duane Morris hired Danie Duncan Moreno as a real estate partner from Bell Nunnally & Martin.
In Denver:
Bankruptcy partner Lucas Schneider moved to Husch Blackwell from Stinson … Polsinelli added real estate partner Emily Hippen from Otten Johnson.
Across other cities:
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