Thelen’s China practice has left the firm for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

The 20-attorney team is led by partners Thomas Shoesmith, the head of Thelen’s Shanghai office; Mary Utterback; Joseph Tiano Jr. and Louis Bevilacqua. Shoesmith will head Pillsbury’s Shanghai office where he will be joined by Utterback, while Tiano and Bevilacqua will remain in Washington, D.C.