Former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom international trade group head Jeffrey Gerrish is returning to the firm after a two-year stint in the Trump administration, where he served as deputy U.S. trade representative for Asia, Europe, the Middle East and industrial competitiveness.

Starting in August, Gerrish will be a partner in the firm’s national security and Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States group, based in the Washington, D.C., office. Tuesday’s announcement of his return to Skadden comes four months after the former leader of the practice, Ivan Schlager, decamped to Kirkland & Ellis.