Christine Kang has joined Hughes Hubbard as a partner, bolstering the New York office's practice focused on investigations, anti-corruption, sanctions and international arbitration, the firm announced. Kang previously spent 10 years at Jun He Law Offices in Beijing, where she represented Chinese state-owned enterprises and multinational companies doing business in China. Kang also has regularly represented Chinese companies in multilateral development bank reviews of potential sanctionable practices, the firm said.

Brian Egan joined Skadden Arps as a partner in its Council on Foreign Investment in the U.S., National Security and International Trade Group, the firm announced. Egan, who joins the firm from Steptoe & Johnson, formerly served as the senior-most lawyer at the State Department and the White House's National Security Council. At Skadden, Egan will advise on “all aspects of export controls,” and will counsel clients on CFIUS reviews and foreign investment matters, the firm said.

Brian Feito has been named managing editor at Warren Communications News' International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. Feito succeeds Timothy Warren, who moves to executive managing editor of WCN's Communications Daily.

Jonathan Wakely was promoted to partner in Covington & Burling's practice on foreign investment and national security issues, with a focus on transactions before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., the firm said. Wakely regularly represents clients before CFIUS and other national security-related matters, the firm said.

The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America has brought on Lenny Feldman as its general counsel and Ashley Craig as its transportation and logistics counsel, it announced in an email. Feldman is a senior member of Sandler Travis who serves on the firm's operating committee; Craig is a partner at Venable working as co-chair of his firm's International Trade Group.

Daniel Kahn, acting deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's Criminal Division, is rejoining Davis Polk's Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigations practice, the firm announced. Kahn will work on issues relating to criminal and regulatory investigations, along with civil and criminal trials. At DOJ, Kahn most recently supervised the Fraud Section and Appellate Section. Before that, Kahn was acting chief of the Fraud Section and chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit, where he oversaw involved FCPA and sanctions violations, commodities and securities fraud and money laundering, among other things, Davis Polk said.

Airbus UK and Bristol Myers named new representatives to the United Kingdom's trade advisory groups, the Department for International Trade said. Airbus UK is now represented by Jeremy Greaves, vice president-corporate affairs and strategy. Bristol Myers is now represented by General Manager Scott Cooke. The trade advisory groups were established in July 2020 to provide strategic and technical expertise to ensure that the U.K.'s trade negotiations progress at pace, DIT said.

Jason Kenner, a 14-year Department of Justice trial attorney, joined Sandler Travis to head the firm's litigation practice, the firm announced Sept. 27. At DOJ, Kenner most recently was senior trial counsel handling federal trial and appellate international trade litigation. He worked in DOJ's Civil Division, International Trade Field Office and the Trade Fraud Task Force, where he was responsible for formulating and implementing litigation strategies while representing CBP, the Commerce Department and other trade-related agencies, Sandler Travis said.

Jayme White, the longtime Democratic trade adviser for the Senate Finance Committee, was approved on a 80-18 vote to be the new deputy U.S. trade representative for the Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, labor and environment. "His intellect and understanding of the key issues are second-to-none, but he also asks the thoughtful questions about how the policies we develop in Washington will affect workers across the country," USTR Katherine Tai said as she hailed the Senate vote the evening of Sept. 22.

Christopher Stagg joined Miller & Chevalier as counsel in its International Department, the firm announced. Stagg formerly served as a senior policy adviser with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls at the State Department, where he worked as the deputy lead in rewriting the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and Export Administration Regulations, the firm said. This work also entailed revising the U.S. Munitions List and Commerce Control List. At his own firm, Stagg cultivated experience on export controls, economic sanctions and Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. matters, the firm said.