Lawyers with experience dealing with the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment and the regulatory challenges of doing cross-border business are currently being scooped up inside the Beltway as demand for legal services in the area booms. Latham & Watkins and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan have been the latest to secure talent in this bustling practice area.

Latham this week lured the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations’ deputy chief council, Ruchi Gill, back to private practice after two years as a lawyer for the committee.