Squire Patton Boggs Strengthens Corporate, Real Estate and Energy Capabilities in Russia

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Vladimir Zenin has been appointed as a partner in the firm’s Global Corporate Practice, based in the Moscow office. Mr. Zenin joins from CMS where he led the M&A practice in Russia for the past six years, prior to which he had been with the corporate and energy practices of Allen & Overy in Moscow and London for almost nine years. Joining alongside Mr. Zenin is a team of three associates, Elizaveta Rakova, Natalia Gegechkory and Viktoria Shcherba, all from CMS.

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Dentons launches combination with Lee International in South Korea

World’s largest law firm launches combination with Lee International in South Korea to become the first global law firm to combine with a Korean firm.

Dentons is the first global law firm in South Korea to combine with a Korean law firm, and the combination enhances the Firm’s ability to provide legal services to Korean companies as they do business around the world. The new name of the firm in South Korea is Dentons Lee.

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Morgan Lewis Adds Two Corporate, Energy, and Infrastructure Partners in Moscow and UAE

Morgan Lewis welcomes two corporate partners who focus on energy projects and transactions. Chadi Salloum, a corporate, projects, and infrastructure lawyer, is resident in the Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices. He arrives from Akin Gump, where he co-managed the Abu Dhabi office. Jennifer Josefson, a leading energy transactions lawyer in Russia who arrives from King & Spalding, is resident in the Moscow and London offices. More >>

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Latham & Watkins Adds Energy M&A Partner in Moscow

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Alexander Gomonov has joined the Moscow office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Gomonov’s practice focuses on advising domestic and international clients on a variety of complex cross-border acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures, with a particular focus on the oil & gas and mining sectors. He also has significant expertise advising companies and executives on a range of regulatory, compliance, and general corporate law matters. More >>

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Three New Offices for Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds Sutherland has today announced the opening of three new offices, extending its geographic footprint to 66 offices in 32 countries. The new offices are in Luxembourg, Moscow and St Petersburg. Driven by client need and a commitment to strategic expansion in key jurisdictions, today’s announcement builds on the opening of the Dusseldorf office last month, the combination between legacy firms Eversheds and Sutherland and the launch of Eversheds Harry Elias in Singapore and Brunei Darussalam earlier this year. More >>

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Herbert Smith Freehills Hires leading Finance and Banking Partner in Moscow

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the appointment of market leading finance lawyer Dmitry Gubarev to join as a partner, based in Moscow. Dmitry will join from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in Moscow where he is a partner and head of the Russian Banking & Finance practice. Dmitry is bilingual in English and Russian. More >>

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