Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has added three new partners to its London and Paris offices with a trio of hires from Clifford Chance (CC), Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Fox Williams.

CC banking and finance partner Richard Parolai has joined the US firm's Paris arm, Orrick Rambaud Martel, after 23 years at the magic circle firm, 15 of which he spent as a partner.

Meanwhile, Fox Williams partner Kolvin Stone joined Orrick's City office last week in the intellectual property and technology transactions practice. He was made up to the partnership at Fox Williams last year and spent a total of eleven years at the firm.

In addition, Nick Thornton has joined the London office in the tax practice. He was previously a tax associate at US firm Fried Frank.

Stone said: "Orrick has a substantial Silicon Valley presence alongside a number of prominent clients such as Facebook and eBay, and the opportunity to work with the Silicon Valley practice is exciting and fits very well with my practice focus.

"Orrick has a reputation for working with high-growth tech companies in London and then travelling with them right through their journey to initial public offerings, and the chance to be a part of an approach like this was very attractive to me."

The hire of Parolai in Paris comes after Orrick Rambaud Martel recruited former CC Paris partner Diane de Mouy for its finance team last October.