Linklaters’ formal association firm in Indonesia, Widyawan & Partners, today announced the hire of Teguh Arwiko, who has joined as a partner in the corporate practice, based in Jakarta.
Teguh joins Widyawan & Partners from Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung, (in association with Herbert Smith Freehills), where he was a partner.
Clifford Chance announced that William Sturman and Kelly Labritz will join the firm's US Funds and Investment Management team as partners in New York.
Squire Patton Boggs continues its strategic expansion of its global Private Equity Practice in Europe with further significant hire in France consisting of two partners.
Private equity lawyer Anthony Guillaume has been appointed a Corporate partner and acquisition leverage finance lawyer Benjamin Marché has been appointed partner in the Financial Services Practice in the firm’s Paris office. M. Guillaume joins from the Corporate group at DLA Piper, and M. Marché joins from Shearman & Sterling in Paris.
Squire Patton Boggs has further expanded its global Private Equity Practice in Europe with the appointment of Corporate partner Sara Belotti who joins the firm’s Milan office from Baker McKenzie.
Ms. Belotti’s arrival follows that of private equity lawyers Anthony Guillaume, who has joined the firm in Paris, and Teresa Zueco and a six-lawyer team who arrived in Madrid last November, and four new partners in London over the past 12 months.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that veteran oil and gas lawyer Craig Vogelsang has returned to the firm as a partner and leader of the oil and gas practice and Alex Niebruegge has returned as a senior counsel. Both join the firm’s oil and gas and LNG team in Houston.
David Kupetz has joined Locke Lord’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group as a Partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. Kupetz brings to Locke Lord decades of experience advising companies on every facet of bankruptcy law and out-of-court restructurings that will strengthen the Firm’s capabilities on the West Coast and across the country.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher announced that Caleb Vesey has joined the Firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office, where he is part of Willkie’s Private Equity Practice Group. Caleb’s arrival follows the addition of private equity partners Patrick Sandor, Ray LaSoya and Joe Kaczorowski, who joined Willkie in California this year. Earlier in his career, Caleb was an associate at Willkie.
Mr. Itkin brings substantial structured finance and investment funds experience, and strengthens the firm’s commercial disputes depth
(New York) – Uri Itkin, a nationally recognized litigator and trial attorney who regularly represents hedge funds, private equity firms and other investors in investment-related disputes, has joined Akin Gump as a partner in the firm’s investment funds litigation practice.
WilmerHale is pleased to announce prominent litigator Joshua H. Lerner has joined the firm as partner in San Francisco.
Lerner frequently serves as lead counsel for some of the world’s leading technology companies in trade secret, class action, and commercial litigation in federal and state courts around the country. His broad litigation experience also includes high stakes trademark, patent and founder disputes. Lerner draws not only on his law firm experience but also in-house counsel experience at a large biotechnology company to counsel clients in achieving their goals.
Alejandro Garcia joins the International Arbitration department, bringing additional depth to Stewarts’ practice in London.
Alejandro has over 18 years of dispute resolution experience, with a focus on commercial and investor treaty arbitration. He has acted in dozens of arbitrations including under the UNCITRAL rules and under the rules of the major arbitral institutions including ICSID, ICC, LCIA and SCC. Alejandro also sits as an arbitrator.