After over 22 years at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and leading the firm's California complex commercial litigation practice, Christopher Cox has jumped to Hogan Lovells' Silicon Valley office.

“I saw an opportunity to build out a litigation practice off of a tremendous platform,” Cox, who officially joined Hogan Lovells on Tuesday, said in an email. “I did it before at my prior firm and am proud of the culture of support, inclusion and commitment to excellence we were able to establish. I now have the opportunity to do it again.”

This is not the first time in recent memory Hogan Lovells has hired from Weil. In 2017, the firm lured a five-partner M&A and technology transactions group from Weil's Silicon Valley office, including Richard Climan, Keith Flaum, Jane Ross, John Brockland and Chris Moore.