Am Law 100 firm Crowell & Moring has hired a 10-strong international trade and regulatory team from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and has applied to open its first Asian office, in Shanghai.

Los Angeles partners Nicole Simonian and Evan Chuck join Crowell & Moring, leading a team that also includes Washington, D.C.-based senior counsel Robert Clifton Burns and Los Angeles-based counsel Jackson Pai.