Morgan Lewis & Bockius has moved to beef up its London energy team with the hire of the former group legal director and company secretary of British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), Susan Quint.

Quint, who left BNFL at the end of 2009, had been group legal director and company secretary since 2007, having previously held the role of general counsel.

She joined Morgan Lewis on 6 April, becoming the 12th partner in the US law firm's London office.

Office managing partner Charles Lubar commented: "Her intimate knowledge of the UK nuclear regulatory regime and business savvy will differentiate Morgan Lewis in the London market in a way that will be valuable to clients, given the complexity and importance of plant licensing and development."

Morgan Lewis' City arm has seen a number of departures and additions following a shift in the firm's London strategy to refocus around its core practice strengths of energy, employment and corporate.

Eversheds picked up Morgan Lewis litigator Neville Byford in February while employment partner Simeon Spencer, who left to join New York firm Seyfarth Shaw, has subsequently been hired by Field Fisher Waterhouse in London.

Meanwhile, in March Morgan Lewis bagged Dewey & LeBoeuf's three-lawyer employment team, headed up by partner Matthew Howse.

The City office was also boosted with the relocation of Philadelphia-based global head of employment Mark Dichter.