Allen & Overy is adding two federal enforcement partners from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in Washington, D.C., as the Magic Circle firm continues to pursue growth in the U.S. after ceasing merger discussions with O’Melveny & Myers.

U.S. senior partner Tim House said the hires of Billy Jacobson and Jonathan Lopez, both veterans of the fraud section of the U.S. Department of Justice, reflect a reorientation in the locus of enforcement work.