After more than two decades at Clifford Chance in London, insurance expert Claire Swirski is heading to Debevoise & Plimpton's office in the city.

Swirski, who joined Clifford Chance in 1996, has been a partner at the Magic Circle since 2003. She advises insurers and other financial institutions on a range of corporate insurance matters, such as share and business acquisitions, distribution agreements, joint ventures, longevity transactions, reinsurance and group reorganizations. She joins Debevoise as a consultant.

Debevoise's addition of Swirski is the firm's third hire so far this year in London. The New York-based Am Law 100 firm recruited private equity specialist Simon Witney as a consultant in January from King & Wood Mallesons, while also bringing on Boies Schiller Flexner's former global head of arbitration Wendy Miles as a partner the following month.