Kilpatrick Stockton has hired former KLegal employment partner Tim Johnson in the firm’s first senior hire since it took on Altheimer & Gray’s London office last summer. Johnson, who headed KLegal’s international employment practice, is expected to work closely with Kilpatrick’s US clients, including GE Capital, Delta and Perrier. He had previously worked as a partner at Landwell before helping launch KLegal in 1999. Kilpatrick managing partner Ken Boehner told Legal Week: “Tim will give us more depth and experience when dealing with heavyweight international employment matters.”

First reported on legalweek.com (2 April).