Fenwick & West Opens D.C. Office, Eyeing Trade, Antitrust Work

Fenwick & West is opening a Washington office and adding two regulatory team partners there as it plots a growth path in antitrust and trade regulation.

Freshfields Bruckhaus & Deringer’s Thomas Ensign and Dechert’s Melissa Duffy are joining Fenwick. Steve Albertson, a former counsel at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, who jumped to Fenwick earlier this month, will join the two new recruits as a D.C. partner.

“We currently represent many of the most significant tech and life sciences companies that there are in the world,” Fenwick chair Richard Dickson said. “Their needs are definitely broad” in antitrust ...