Hogan Lovells has added Charles “Chuck” Loughlin as a partner to its global regulatory practice in Washington, D.C., from the Federal Trade Commission.

Loughlin has been at the FTC since 2015, most recently serving as the agency’s chief trial counsel. He said he was eager to be headed back to private practice as a member of Hogan Lovells’ antitrust, competition, and economic regulation (ACER) group.