Carolyn Reers picked an eventful time to move from her in-house position at J.P. Morgan Private Bank to Norton Rose Fulbright.

Reers started at the firm this week—less than a month after the global giant finalized its merger with 115-lawyer Manhattan-based Chadbourne & Parke.

Reers joins the merged firm, which now has a total of about 4,000 lawyers in 58 offices and 32 countries, as its first lateral partner to arrive since the sealing of the Chadbourne & Parke deal.