Former Task Force KleptoCapture Head Joins Steptoe

Andrew Adams, former acting deputy assistant attorney general for DOJ's National Security Division, has joined Steptoe & Johnson as a partner in the Investigations and White-Collar Defense Practice in New York, the firm announced. Adams worked as the first director of Task Force KleptoCapture -- the interagency group tasked with enforcing U.S. sanctions on Russia in wake of the invasion of Ukraine. At DOJ, he also oversaw efforts pertaining to economic sanctions, export controls and cyber offenses tied to nation-state actors, the firm said.