UBS.jpgA former Cravath Swaine & Moore tax partner who left that firm to join UBS as an investment banker four years ago is set for a return to law firm practice.

Citing the increasingly political environment for bankers and their shrinking compensation, Lewis Steinberg is expected to join Linklaters in June as co-head of the firm’s US operations and head of the firm’s US tax practice. Linklaters announced the hire in a statement released on Tuesday (7 April).