Jeffrey Robins, co-chair of the financial services practice at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, has left the firm to join Debevoise & Plimpton as a partner in New York.

Debevoise announced Monday its hire of Robins, who has a regulatory practice representing broker-dealers, financial institutions and other organizations structuring derivative transactions. At his new firm, Robins will continue representing broker-dealers, swap dealers, big banks, securities exchanges, industry associations and buy-side institutions.