Up to 12 more Chadbourne & Parke lawyers will likely follow renewable energy partners Edward Zaelke and Adam Umanoff at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s Los Angeles office, whose move The Recorder reported Wednesday (paid subscription required).

Akin Gump made the partner hires official Thursday, announcing that partners Zaelke and Umanoff would serve as co-chairs of the firm’s global project finance practice and that they will be joined by L.A. partners Thomas Dupuis and Lloyd MacNeil.