Longtime Reed Smith global managing partner Gregory Jordan left the firm in October to serve as general counsel of PNC Financial Services Group.

Washington, D.C.–based partner Alexander “Sandy” Thomas, who led the firm’s litigation department, took over for Jordan as head of Reed Smith.Jordan’s departure came about a year after he was elected to another three-year term as the firm’s managing partner, and followed a 12-year tenure at the helm of a firm he helped transform from a regional shop to a global powerhouse.