Commercial litigator DARREN TRAUB has joined the ranks of Akerman Senterfitt in New York as a shareholder. Last with Herrick, Feinstein, where he was a partner, Traub advises clients on intellectual property and entertainment matters.

GLENN FOX is the latest in a series of lateral hires in Baker & McKenzie’s North America tax practice. Fox, who joins the New York office from Alston & Bird, advises clients on wealth management. In the past two years, Baker & McKenzie has welcomed several partners, especially in its Washington, D.C., office; hiring tax planning attorney Rafic Barrage, tax dispute resolution attorney George Clarke, and tax attorneys Anne Batter and Mary Bennett, all in 2012, as well as former senior adviser for tax reform to the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury Joshua Odintz in 2011.