With countercyclical work elevating Big Law demand, Milbank is adding a former federal prosecutor and partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel to help lead its white-collar practice.

The Am Law 50 firm announced Thursday the addition of Nola Heller, a former unit chief for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York who has spent roughly the last six years at Cahill. She is joining Milbank as partner and co-head of its white-collar defense and investigations practice.