PATRICIA BRITTON, former general counsel and corporate secretary of Porsche Cars North America Inc., joined Nelson Mullins as a partner in Atlanta. Joining the same office, as of counsel, is HOLLY STROUD, former senior counsel at GE Energy.

GERALD QUIRK, former general counsel and vice president of corporate affairs at Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc., is now cochair of the life sciences group at Choate, Hall & Stewart in Boston.