Erik Woodhouse, a former senior sanctions official with the State Department, has returned to Crowell & Moring, the firm announced this week. Woodhouse left the State Department in July after serving as deputy assistant secretary for counter threat finance and sanctions and leading the agency's Office of Sanctions Coordination (see 2407310003). His practice will focus on sanctions compliance and issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering rules and regulations.

Trade law firm Cassidy Levy opened a new office in Brussels, expanding into Europe and adding more than a dozen international trade and customs attorneys, the firm announced Nov. 4. The team will be led by partners Marie-Sophie Dibling, Yves Melin and Joost Pauwelyn. Dibling will head the trade remedies practice, Pauwelyn will lead on international trade agreements and disputes, and Melin will head efforts on customs enforcement.

Christopher Skinner, former partner at Williams Mullen, has joined ArentFox as a partner in its international trade and investment practice, the firm announced. Skinner's practice will cover export controls and sanctions compliance as well as customs and import regulations.