Candace Goforth, former policy director for the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, joined Content Enablers as the practice lead of its trade advisory services. Goforth, who said she will close her practice at Goforth Trade Advisors, will manage Content Enablers’ export compliance consultants and will advise clients on compliance programs, jurisdiction and classification assessments, submitting license applications and more, the company said.

DOJ will add more than 25 new prosecutors to "investigate and prosecute sanctions evasion, export control violations and similar economic crimes," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said during a March 2 American Bar Association conference. Monaco also said the agency's National Security Division and the Commerce and Treasury departments will begin issuing joint advisories on national security enforcement trends, and DOJ will make a "substantial investment" in the Bank Integrity Unit -- part of the Criminal Divisions' Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section. Monaco's comments came the same day another DOJ official said the agency plans to add a "significant number" of export control prosecutors, including a new chief counsel for corporate enforcement (see 2303030035).

Kristy Balsanek, former general counsel for global grocery retailer Lidl US, has joined DLA Piper as a Washington, D.C.-based partner in its regulatory and government affairs practice group, the firm announced. Balsanek's practice will focus on environmental, social and governance-related risk areas, which the firm describes as "business ethics, corporate governance, director/officer duties, anti-corruption, sanctions, labor and human rights, global supply chain transparency, climate change, green initiatives, environmental marketing, privacy and data protection among many others."

Former Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, has joined the American Enterprise Institute as a visiting fellow, the think tank announced. He will focus on expanding free trade, U.S.-China relations, U.S.-Russia relations and the war in Ukraine, as well as some domestic issues. Before serving in the Senate, Portman was a U.S. trade representative during the George W. Bush administration, and headed the Office of Management and Budget during that administration, as well.

Lawyer David Hanke left Arent Fox to become staff director for the new House Select Committee on China (see 2301100079], he announced on LinkedIn this week. At Arent Fox, Hanke advised clients on navigating the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. and international trade issues.

Former Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., has joined Arnold & Porter as a senior policy adviser and resident in the Legislative and Public Policy practice, the firm announced. In Congress, Kind served on the House Ways and Means Committee and its Subcommittees on Health and Trade, where he engaged on various issues including multiple free trade agreements, the CHIPS Act, and tax and pension reform legislation.

Jeannette Chu, a former Bureau of Industry and Security official, joined the National Foreign Trade Council as vice president for national security policy, the NFTC announced Feb. 6. Chu will lead a new effort by the NFTC on national security and global competitiveness by serving as the council’s “lead strategist, expert and advocate on policies surrounding export controls, sanctions, investment screening, critical infrastructure” and more. Chu previously served as a senior policy adviser at BIS and as the senior export control attache at the U.S. embassy in Beijing. She was most recently senior managing director and head of the export controls and trade sanctions team at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Martin Weinsten and Jeffrey Clark, former attorneys at Willkie Farr, have joined Cadawalader Wickersham as partners in the Global Litigation Group in Washington D.C., the firm announced. Weinstein will head the firm's global compliance, investigations and enforcement practice, where his work will center on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act proceedings and other investigative and enforcement matters including fraud, whistleblowing and money laundering. Clark's practice will also center on FCPA cases and "other types of international business and white collar litigation."

David Stier, former trial attorney at DOJ, has joined DLA Piper as a partner in the litigation practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced. Stier worked at DOJ for over 12 years, filling various roles, though most recently working as an attorney in the money laundering and asset recovery section's Bank Integrity Unit. In this role, Stier led Bank Secrecy Act, sanctions, bribery, money laundering, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and fraud investigations, the firm said.

Kenneth Schagrin, who has held several positions in his more than 20 years with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, has been named assistant U.S. trade representative for the Office of Services and Investment. The office facilitates partnerships in financial services, telecom, digital trade and other services. He previously held the post in an acting position.