Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer said Wednesday that Michael McGill has joined the firm as a government contracts partner in Washington, D.C.

McGill arrives from Hogan Lovells, where he was a partner in the global regulatory practice group. He started at Hogan Lovells in 2002 soon after graduating law school and spent nearly 17 years there.

“Over the last 15 years, I've come to know well the partners in this group here … and respect them,” McGill said. He said he thought Arnold & Porter had the preeminent government contracts and national security group in the country, adding his move was in response to the opportunity at Arnold & Porter, and not the result of a wider search.