Two Eversheds Sutherland partners are leaving the firm's UK offices, as it bolsters its corporate crime and investigations team with the hire of a former Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) prosecutor.

Newcastle construction and engineering partner Mary Anne Roff is moving to Clyde & Co's office in the northeast city, 13 years after she joined legacy Eversheds.

Her experience includes litigation, arbitration and adjudication as well as alternative dispute resolution procedures such as early neutral evaluation and mediation.

Clydes global head of projects and construction John Morris said: "Mary Anne has an excellent reputation in the market and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to our clients nationally and internationally, particularly in energy and infrastructure sector disputes. Her appointment further strengthens our global P&C offering."

Meanwhile, London corporate finance partner Sebastian Orton is also leaving Eversheds to join Pennington Manches as a partner in April next year. He specialises in advising private and public companies, banks and other financial institutions on a range of corporate, capital markets and commercial issues.

Orton joined legacy Eversheds in 2016 from the London office of Jones Day, and last year advised on the London IPOs of Charter Court Financial Services and Medica Group.

Pennington Manches London corporate head Matthew Martin said: "Seb's capital markets expertise is outstanding and will really push the team forward in this key strategic area, helping us to respond to new opportunities and meet rising client demand."

Separately, Eversheds Sutherland has moved to rebuild its corporate crime and investigations team after its practice head left earlier this year.

The firm has taken on former FCA prosecutor Steve Smith, who was also previously head of regulatory development in global financial crime at Barclays. Since last year he has been deputy head of financial crime for EMEA at Nomura.

The hire comes after the firm's former head of corporate crime and investigations Neil Blundell left to join Macfarlanes earlier this year, with Manchester partner Zia Ullah appointed as his successor.

Eversheds Sutherland declined to comment.