Winston & Strawn is launching an office in Moscow and shaking up its Paris arm as the Chicago firm moves to ramp up its emerging European network.

The Moscow office is to be launched during the summer with the transfer of New York-based corporate partner Nikolai Krylov to head the branch. The Moscow practice will also work closely with London managing partner Thomas Benz and Chicago litigator Gordon Dobie, who both have an established Russian client base.