People and firms

Former Clyde & Co partner John Lewis has joined the partnership at Charles Russell Speechlys in Dubai.

13 February 2023

Katia Yannaca-Small, who worked for two decades at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, has joined Arnold & Porter as a senior international arbitration adviser in Washington, DC.

10 February 2023

Hagit Elul has left her role as co-chair of the international arbitration practice at Hughes Hubbard & Reed to join Orrick as partner in New York.

09 February 2023

Jones Day has promoted Claire Pauly, who is acting for French telecoms group Orange in an ICSID claim against Iraq, to of counsel in Paris.

09 February 2023

Watson Farley & Williams has opened a Seoul office following the hire of disputes partner Philip Kim from Herbert Smith Freehills, shortly after Ashurst launched its own practice in the South Korean capital.

08 February 2023

Schellenberg Wittmer has promoted Benjamin Gottlieb, who specialises in international arbitration and sales and trade disputes, to the partnership in Zurich.

07 February 2023

Pierre-Olivier Laporte and Myriam Seers have left the partnership at transatlantic boutique Savoie Laporte to found a new arbitration-focused firm in their native Canada.

03 February 2023

The Madrid International Arbitration Centre, or CIAM, has appointed former CMS counsel Marta Lalaguna as its new secretary general – replacing Mélanie Riofrio Piché, who is departing to launch a solo practice as arbitrator.

03 February 2023

Julian Bailey has left the partnership at White & Case to join the London office of Jones Day, which has also promoted Mariela Huerta to of counsel in Mexico City.

02 February 2023

Paul Reichler, who co-founded the international arbitration practice at Foley Hoag more than 20 years ago, has left the firm to join London-based barristers’ chambers 11 King’s Bench Walk.

01 February 2023