Wayne Matus, currently a litigation partner with law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, will be departing the firm to join $41 billion financial-services giant UBS AG.

In his new role at Switzerland-based UBS, Matus will lead the global eDiscovery group.

With over 30 years of experience handling commercial and intellectual property litigation, Matus most recently served as leader of Pillsbury's information law and electronic discovery group.