People and firms

Nicholas Lawn is leaving Brussels-based firm Van Bael & Bellis, where he was head of international arbitration, to join the partnership at Lalive in London.

06 June 2023

Arbitrator support service Arbitra has added four new names to its roster – Canada's Brian Casey KC and David Haigh KC, the UK's Timothy Hill and UK-US arbitrator Alex Wilbraham.

05 June 2023

Former head of international arbitration at French law firm Fidal Isabelle Vaugon has launched a new Paris boutique with arbitrator and corporate law academic Yann Paclot.

04 June 2023

Fieldfisher has opened a Vienna office and acquired Meissner & Passin, a boutique in the Austrian capital led by arbitration lawyer Alice Meissner.

01 June 2023

Uliana Cooke, a dual qualified English-Russian lawyer who has acted in several investment treaty cases, has left UK firm PCB Byrne to join the partnership at Gunnercooke in London.

01 June 2023

Debevoise & Plimpton has promoted Conway Blake to partner in its international dispute resolution and litigation teams in London.

25 May 2023

Former Drew & Napier director Kevin Lee has joined Twenty Essex, the London and Singapore-based barristers' chambers.

25 May 2023

Former Squire Patton Boggs partner Alexis Martinez has joined the partnership at Watson Farley & Williams in London.

23 May 2023

Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling have announced plans for a transatlantic merger that will bring two well-known international arbitration brands under one roof.

22 May 2023

Kazakhstan’s former vice-minister of justice Almat Madaliyev has joined Boies Schiller Flexner as a partner in its international disputes group in London and New York.

19 May 2023