Thea Kendler, former assistant secretary for export administration at the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, and Aiysha Hussain, Kendler's senior policy adviser, have joined Mayer Brown as partners in the international trade, national security and white-collar defense practices, the firm announced. Kendler served at BIS for three years, joining the agency from DOJ, where she worked as a trial attorney in the national security division. Hussain worked at Commerce since 2020, serving as senior counsel then senior policy adviser for export administration.

Craig Allen, senior counselor at the Cohen Group, has joined the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis as a non-resident senior fellow, the center announced April 16. Allen, a former Commerce Department official, recently retired as president of the U.S.-China Business Council (see 2409100027). In December, Allen urged the U.S. and China to pause their escalating trade restrictions against one another and discuss how to manage national security risks around technology (see 2412120052).

Mayank Bishnoi is stepping down as chief of compliance and regulatory affairs at the International Trade Administration to become counsel at Texas Instruments, he announced on LinkedIn April 17.

Collmann Griffin, a senior adviser at the Bureau of Industry and Security, has left the agency and joined Washington law firm Miller & Chevalier as counsel, he posted on LinkedIn April 17.

James Martinelli, a Treasury Department official, has been named the associate director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's policy division, he announced on LinkedIn. Martinelli has worked at Treasury since 2015 in roles at both FinCEN and the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Trade adviser Sara Crossman has launched Crossman ITAR Consulting to advise on defense trade issues related to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, she announced on LinkedIn. Crossman was previously managing director for FTI Consulting.

Sean Carlesimo, a former State Department attorney-adviser, joined Miles & Stockbridge as a lawyer focusing on sanctions, export controls, foreign investment reviews and other international trade topics. Carlesimo left the State Department in March.

Clete Willems, a former National Security Council official and Akin Gump trade lawyer, is joining Netflix as its chief global affairs officer, he said on LinkedIn. Willems served in the first Trump administration as a senior international economics official and sherpa to the Group of 7 and Group of 20.

Matt Borman, who left the government earlier this year after more than two decades at the Bureau of Industry and Security (see 2502240003), has joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies as a non-resident senior technical expert. CSIS said Borman will "lead the technical expertise of" the think tank's Economic Security and Technology Department. Borman was most recently the BIS principal deputy assistant secretary for export administration.

Laura Black, former director of policy and international relations for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., has joined White & Case as partner in the global trade and foreign direct investment reviews practice, the firm announced. Black joins from Akin Gump, where she worked as senior counsel since 2022. Black worked at CFIUS from 2018 to 2022.