Squire Patton Boggs has hired a seven-lawyer team from Fieldfisher’s Brussels office, the first major group hire of the year for the city’s legal market.

Partners Peter Sellar and Gerard McElwee are joining from the U.K.-led firm along with director Manon Ombredane, senior associate Aodhan McGourty, and associates Elise Van Gerven, Maria-Magdalena Markova and Nayelly Landeros.