Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has boosted its London office with the hire of a heavyweight litigation partner from DLA Piper.

Julian Stait, who has been a partner with DLA since 1996 and has served as head of both its technology, media & communications practice (2000-05) and global co-head of its litigation and arbitration practice (2005-07), joins Milbank as a partner in the US firm’s litigation team.