New York leader Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has named a new head of its global antitrust practice after the hire of a senior partner from local rival Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson.

Charles Rule, who headed up Fried Frank’s competition practice, joins Cadwalader in Washington DC as the new chair of its antitrust group. Rule moves after six years with Fried Frank. Prior to joining the firm he was head of competition at Washington firm Covington & Burling.