DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has hired Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker’s Paris IP/IT head Patrick Boiron.

Boiron started his career at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre before a stint in-house, serving as chief executive officer of French acting agency ADAMI. He joined the legacy Moquet Borde & Associes in 1999, before the French firm merged with Paul Hastings last year.