Venable has brought on a 12-lawyer construction law team from Schiff Hardin, including six lawyers who will launch the firm’s new downtown Chicago office.

The group includes several partners who have handled a host of big infrastructure projects. Kenneth Roberts, who was head of the construction law practice at Schiff Hardin before moving to Venable’s Chicago office in last week, said he expects all of the construction law group’s business to follow the group to its new Washington, D.C.-based home.