Akin is pleased to welcome Opher Shweiki, former U.S. Department of Commerce, Chief Counsel for the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. With 25 years of experience between the departments of Justice and Commerce, Shweiki brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as well as an impressive track record of handling high-profile national security, export control and other cross-border government regulatory and enforcement matters.  Langan arrives at Akin from Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, P.C. in Chicago.

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Katlin McKelvie has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, where she will practice in the firm’s FDA and Health Care Practice Group. Katlin was previously Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and served in senior roles at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and on the U.S. Senate HELP Committee.

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Dechert announced today the addition of Cynthia Beyea as a partner in its global financial services group, further bolstering the firm’s capabilities in registered funds. Ms. Beyea will be based in Dechert’s Washington, D.C. office. Beyea arrives from Eversheds Sutherland.

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Global law firm Baker McKenzie has added Chandri Navarro as Senior Counsel to its North America International Commercial & Trade Practice in Washington, DC. She joins from Hogan Lovells where she was a partner for nearly 20 years.

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King & Spalding announced today that Stephanie Yarbrough, one of the country’s foremost economic development lawyers, has joined the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group as partner. She will be based in Washington, D.C. and will spend significant time in the firm’s New York office. Yarbrough arrives from Womble Bond Dickinson.

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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes US Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers Varu Chilakamarri and Michael Culhane Harper as partners in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Chilakamarri joins K&L Gates’ Environment, Land, and Natural Resources practice, while Harper becomes a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations practice.

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Mintz has deepened its health care bench with the addition of new Member, Rachel Alexander. Before joining the Mintz, Alexander was with Wiley Rein LLP in Washington.

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Akin is pleased to announce that projects and energy transition partner Vanessa Richelle Wilson has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Previously she was U.S. head of the energy and natural resources sector at DLA Piper.

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