Fast-growing global labor and employment giant Littler Mendelson has recruited K&L Gates partner Donald Dowling Jr. for its New York office.

Dowling, who joined K&L Gates two years ago from White & Case, specializes in counseling U.S.-based multinational companies on cross-border employment law issues.

“I'll be much more integrated into the global employment practice here,” Dowling said of 989-lawyer Littler, which is the world's largest labor and employment-centric firm. “From the very beginning, I'm playing a central role in our global employment initiatives.”