Clyde & Co has picked up Clifford Chance's (CC's) Paris environment head Pierre Bechmann.

Bechmann, who joined CC in 1986 from Hughes Hubbard & Read and made partner in 1994, practices litigation and non-contentious regulatory work in the environmental sector. At Clydes he will focus on the insurance and reinsurance, chemical, automotive, transport, nuclear, energy and pharmaceutical sectors.

At CC Paris partner Patrick Hubert has replaced Bechmann leading the local environment team, which Bechmann had managed since 1991. Bechmann previously sat on CC's Paris executive committee but stepped down in 2004 to focus on fee earning work.