Clyde & Co has picked up Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) Paris environment head Pierre Bechmann.

Bechmann, who joined CC in 1986 from Hughes Hubbard & Read and made partner in 1994, practices litigation and non-contentious regulatory work in the environmental sector. At Clydes he will focus on the insurance and reinsurance, chemical, automotive, transport, nuclear, energy and pharmaceutical sectors.