Musa Dudhai & Co has hired a new disputes partner from a local Zambian firm, in a week which has seen Italian firms BonelliErede and Portolano Cavallo add lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic.

A California IP litigator has left Covington & Burling for WilmerHale in San Francisco, in a week which has seen practitioner gains by Musa Dudhia & Co in Zambia, amid a raft of DC and London moves.

This week’s summary of the latest developments also takes in an ex-judge’s move to Arbitration Chambers in Singapore, Eversheds Sutherland’s merger with a Czech firm and the return of federal and state government lawyers to private practice on the US East and West Coasts.

A former Shook Lin & Bok litigator has joined Nishimura & Asahi alliance firm Bayfront Law in Singapore, where SIAC has made a promotion to deputy registrar, while both McGuireWoods and Foley Hoag have hired ex-public service lawyers in DC.

This week’s rundown of developments also takes in a Hong Kong Police veteran’s new solo disputes support venture in London, and white-collar crime practitioner moves in Johannesburg and New York.

A busy week for hires in London is led by a Quinn Emanuel litigator joining Paul Weiss, while there have been disputes hires in New York, LA and Seattle, and appointments at HKIAC.

The weekly summary of disputes moves features the departure of a Freshfields practice head to an in-house role in Frankfurt, while US offices make multiple hires on the East and West Coasts and in Texas.

The week has seen the launch of a new arbitration boutique in Miami, a former judge returning to private practice in New Jersey and the reelection of a Magic Circle firm’s first female senior partner in London.

Simmons & Simmons is launching an ADGM office and Debevoise & Plimpton has hired an ex-federal prosecutor in San Francisco, while a Venezuelan-qualified lawyer is the ICDR’s latest ADR head for Latin America.

Developments include a new tax litigation head for CMS in Madrid, a mass torts duo arriving at Jenner & Block in Chicago, and an ex-Pinheiro Neto litigation head’s new in-house position in São Paulo.

This week’s news digest also includes two Paris firms’ strategic partnership, and a disputes boutique’s new Australian office in Perth.

A Baltic rebrand and a new entry to the German market feature in the weekly disputes developments summary, which also takes in France and the US.