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Winston Paes, a former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern DIstrict of New York (Brooklyn) is joining the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton on Thursday, where he will lend his expertise in financial fraud. Mr. Paes, who was with the U.S. Attorney's office for 9 years, worked on some of their office’s most prominent financial prosecutions, including the case against Martin Shkreli, the hedge fund manager and pharmaceutical executive.

Here's the lineup of government officials who have recently joined/returned to Debevvoise & Plimpton:

New York Office:

• Winston Paes, a U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn, who specializes in financial fraud.
• Mary Jo White, former SEC Chair
• Andrew Ceresney, former SEC Enforcement Chief
• John Gleeson, former Federal Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn)

Debevoise Washington, D.C., Office

• David O’Neil, former Acting Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division
• Julie Riewe, former senior official in SEC Enforcement.