Akin added three partners from Hughes Hubbard to its Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced. Ryan Fayhee, a former national security official at DOJ, will advise clients on sanctions and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. reviews, incident response and compliance best practices. Roy Liu will focus on U.S.-China trade matters, sanctions, export controls, customs cases and CFIUS proceedings, and Tyler Grove will focus on sanctions and trade regulations.

Hughes Hubbard this month announced attorneys Jan Dunin-Wasowicz and Sean Reilly will lead its Sanctions, Export Controls and Anti‑Money Laundering Practice Group. Dunin-Wasowicz, based in Paris, will oversee EU sanctions matters, while Reilly, a former Commerce Department official based in Washington, will oversee U.S. issues. Hughes Hubbard Chair Ted Mayer said the firm wanted to ensure the practice’s leadership includes “individuals who possess not only regulatory expertise but also a background in investigations.”

USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service this week swore in 11 new officials to advocate for U.S. agricultural exports around the world. FAS will station two officers in Tokyo, two in Beijing, and one each in Dubai, New Delhi, Hanoi, Mexico City, Ankara, Seoul and Ottawa. FAS Undersecretary Alexis Taylor said the new officers will "strengthen our Foreign Service as they begin their work protecting and advancing the interests of U.S. agriculture, which today is more crucial than ever as the world's agricultural trade grows more competitive and dynamic.”

Andrea Gacki is leaving her role as director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control to become the new director of the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the agency announced July 13. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Gacki helped guide OFAC through “major world events,” including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and “expertly” deployed financial sanctions, industry guidance and enforcement actions “to hold accountable those who threaten our national security and the international financial system.”

Adam Hensel-Briscoe, former official at the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, has joined Squire Patton as a principal in its Washington, D.C., government investigations and white collar practice. Joining the firm from Akin Gump, Hensel-Briscoe worked at OFAC for over 12 years, serving as assistant director of the Office of Global Targeting's Narcotics, Crime, Africa and Western Hemisphere Division. His practice will center on "international trade, economic and trade sanctions laws, export control laws and other foreign policy and national security trade and investment controls," the firm said.

David Last, former chief of DOJ's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit, has joined Cleary Gottlieb as a partner in the Washington, D.C.-based white-collar and enforcement practice. Last's practice will key in on "criminal and civil FCPA matters, internal investigations, and defending companies and individuals in high-stakes enforcement actions," the firm said.

International trade attorney John Anwesen left Crowell & Moring to found Lighthill, a boutique international trade law firm. Per his LinkedIn page, Anwesen founded the firm in June after working at Crowell for two years as an associate. He previously worked at BakerHostetler as an associate and at the Commerce Department as an attorney and trade compliance analyst. With Lighthill, Anwesen will focus on trade remedy proceedings, "customs matters, export controls, and sanctions."

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced June 23 that Sarah Ellerman was named the new assistant U.S. trade representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. She had been acting in the same role, USTR said in a news release.

The Federal Maritime Commission has hired Alex Chintella as an administrative law judge, FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei announced June 21. Chintella was previously an attorney and administrative hearing officer with the Federal Railroad Administration.

Ajay Kuntamukkala, partner at Hogan Lovells, has been named office managing partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, effective July 1, the firm announced. Succeeding Michele Farquhar in D.C., Kuntamukkala currently sits as a co-leader of the International Trade & Investment practice. His practice centers on "economic sanctions, export controls, and compliance with government licenses and authorizations," among other things, the firm said.