Douglas Davison, a longtime partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Washington, D.C., has left the firm to join London-based legal giant Linklaters in the nation’s capital.

Linklaters announced Monday its hire of Davison, who leaves Wilmer after more than 16 years at the firm. Davison joined the latter in 2001 after holding a variety of roles at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including acting as counsel to the SEC chairman and serving as branch chief of the SEC’s enforcement division.