Norton Rose has hired its first corporate and white collar crime partner, with the addition of Bindmans criminal law chief Neil O'May.

O'May, who will join the firm in October, will be part of Norton Rose's business ethics and anti-corruption group which sits within the firm's wider disputes practice.

He has worked at Bindmans since 1990, heading its criminal law practice for 21 years. His experience includes advising the government of Ecuador earlier this year on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's application for asylum, and advising The Guardian in a dispute brought by the Metropolitan Police last year.