Acting on a long-held desire to expand in New York, Crowell & Moring is combining with financial services boutique Kibbe & Orbe, adding 24 lawyers in three cities.

Kibbe & Orbe’s lawyers in New York, Washington, D.C., and London are expected to join Crowell in April. The new Crowell attorneys will include Jennifer Grady, managing partner and chairwoman of the boutique’s executive committee; founding partners Jonathan Kibbe, William Orbe and Michael Mann; and the managing partner of the boutique’s London office, Andrew Martin.