Arnold & Porter captures Milbank's London IP team

US law firm Arnold & Porter has strengthened up its intellectual property practice in London with the hire of a four-lawyer IP team, led by partner David Perkins, from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy. Perkins, who joined Milbank from Clifford Chance five years ago as head of its IP group, will be joined by counsel Christopher Stothers and associates Ben Clossick Thomson and Stephanie Hutchinson.