Robert Friedman, former attorney-adviser for the State Department's Office of Legal Adviser, joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office's international trade practice, the firm announced. Friedman will advise businesses, trade associations and other clients on issues pertaining to "economic sanctions, export controls, foreign direct investment, supply chain security, customs laws, data privacy and cybersecurity, market access, anti-corruption and national security regulations," the firm said. Most recently, Friedman was an international trade partner at Harris Wiltshire.

Timothy Broas, former U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, joined Wilson Sonsini in the firm's government investigations practice as senior of counsel, the law firm said. Broas joins from Bryan Cave, where he worked for just over three years on white collar matters including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.

Annie Froehlich, former in-house counsel for home appliance manufacturer Carrier, has joined Cooley as special counsel in the Washington, D.C.-based export controls and economic sanctions practice, the law firm said. At Carrier, Froehlich served as director and senior counsel for the company's Sanctions and Export wing, leading the manufacturer's Center of Excellence for Regulatory Compliance. Before Carrier, Froehlich worked at Latham & Watkins on export controls and sanctions matters. Froehlich is also a nonresident senior fellow at D.C. think tank Atlantic Council, most recently focusing on U.S. export control developments relating to China.

Audrey Harris, an anti-corruption and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act attorney, has joined Affiliated Monitors in Denver as managing director of global anti-corruption, compliance, ethics and non-financial risk, Harris announced in a LinkedIn post. Harris left her position as partner and co-chair of Mayer Brown's Anti-Corruption & FCPA Practice in Washington, D.C., after working at the firm since 2018.

Daniel Solomon, former anti-corruption and trade compliance attorney at Smith Pachter, joined Miller & Chevalier as a member its International Department, the firm announced. Solomon brings to his new practice experience with economic sanctions, export controls and U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement and investigations, the firm said.

Jeffrey Tafel, the CEO of the Home Builders Association of Western Michigan, will become president of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones as of Feb. 1, the trade group said on Dec. 28.

Meredith DeMent has rejoined Baker McKenzie as a partner in the North America International Commercial Practice Group, based in Washington, D.C., the firm announced. Returning from Sidley Austin, DeMent will grow her practice in which she will counsel companies on "all aspects of US customs and related trade laws, including current and rapidly evolving trade policy, compliance and duty mitigation strategies," the firm said. DeMent previously was an associate at Baker McKenzie from 2013 to 2019.

The Consumer Technology Association hired Ed Brzytwa, previously director of international trade at the American Chemistry Council, as vice president of international trade, the trade group said.

The Census Bureau recently promoted Jessica Mangubat to a manager position in the agency’s trade regulations branch, said Omari Wooden, a senior Census trade regulations official. Mangubat was previously a trade analyst. “She has been a phenomenal resource in regulations thus far,” Wooden told the Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee Dec. 14.

Lori Wallach, a leader of trade skeptics in her work for 30 years at Public Citizen, will join the American Economic Liberties Project's new ReThink Trade campaign as director as of Jan. 1, the group said. Wallach said the group is fighting against digital trade agreements they see as reinforcing Big Tech monopolies, and will be working to fix "the IP monopolies Big Pharma packed into 'free trade' agreements that are now undermining the world’s COVID response."