Christopher Austin has joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe as a partner in its Silicon Valley and New York offices. Austin’s capital markets practice is focused on technology and life sciences companies. He was a partner at Goodwin Procter and before that was with Ropes & Gray. See story online.

Elisa Paster has joined Los Angeles-based Glaser Weil as a partner in its government and regulatory law practice group. She represents developers, landowners, investors and local governments in land use and entitlement matters. She was a partner at Gilchrist & Rutter.