Andrei Baev, the head of Chadbourne & Parke’s Moscow office, has left the firm ahead of its proposed combination with Norton Rose Fulbright to join Reed Smith.

Baev’s departure, first noted by The American Lawyer two weeks ago, comes two years after he joined Chadbourne from British firm Berwin Leighton Paisner. Baev split his time between Chadbourne’s offices in London and Moscow.