Global law firm White & Case LLP has promoted 18 of its lawyers to counsel and 20 to local partner across the Firm.
All promotions were effective 1 January 2012.
Americas
Maria Beguiristain is based in our Miami office and has been named counsel in our Global Commercial Litigation Practice. Qualified in Florida, she concentrates on complex commercial litigation and appellate matters, with an emphasis on federal court proceedings.
Narciso Campos is based in our Mexico City office and has been named local partner in our Global Capital Markets Practice. Qualified in Mexico, he specializes in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and has also participated in banking and securities transactions, debt restructurings, project financing, as well as advising on regulatory matters.
Lisa Feld is based in our New York office and has been named counsel in our Global Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice. Qualified in New York, she represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors and committees in US Chapter 11 reorganization cases and cross-border insolvency proceedings.
Raúl Fernández-Briseño is based in our Mexico City office and has been named local partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisition Practice. Qualified in Mexico, he has broad experience in M&A, corporate law, telecommunications and disputes.
Ronald Gorsich is based in our Los Angeles office and has been named counsel in our Global Commercial Litigation Practice. Qualified in California, he advises on all aspects of business litigation and alternative dispute resolution with a heavy emphasis on bankruptcy litigation.
Marko Maglich is based in our New York office and has been named counsel in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in New York, he directs the Firm's immigration work.
Gustavo Robles is based in our Mexico City office and has been named local partner in our Global Commercial Litigation Practice. Qualified in Mexico, he practices project finance, public and private financial restructuring, securities, administrative litigation and dispute settlement.
Jane Rueger is based in our Washington, DC, office and has been named counsel in our Global Project Finance Practice. Qualified in California and the District of Columbia, she advises on transactional and regulatory issues under US energy law, representing a broad range of clients.
Kristina Zissis is based in our Washington, DC, office and has been named counsel in our Global Trade Practice. Qualified in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania, she advises on all aspects of international trade regulation, including import investigations, export control and economic sanctions rules and World Trade Organization law.
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Matthias Bochum is based in our Hamburg office and has been named local partner in our Global Banking Practice. Qualified in Germany, he specializes in counseling banks, financial service providers and enterprises on all aspects of law in connection with loans and bank regulatory issues.
Nicolas Bouchardie is based in our Paris office and has been named counsel in our Global International Arbitration Practice. Qualified in New York and France, Nicolas concentrates on international commercial arbitration and has significant experience with construction disputes.
Veronica Carson is based in our London office and has been named counsel in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in England and Wales, she is a professional support lawyer, responsible for monitoring and analyzing legal, practice and market developments whilst coordinating knowledge management activities generally across the London office.
Ladislav Chundela is based in our Prague office and has been named counsel in our Global Real Estate Practice. Qualified in the Czech Republic, he concentrates on real estate and construction matters, in addition to advising on corporate law and M&A.
Sylvia Ebersberger is based in our Munich office and has been named local partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in Germany, she advises on corporate acquisitions and transfers, joint ventures and commercial co-operations.
Cagdas Ergun is based in our Ankara office and has been named local partner in our Global Project Finance Practice. Qualified in Turkey, his practice covers energy and natural resources, project finance, arbitration, administrative law and antitrust matters.
Juraj Fuska is based in our Bratislava office and has been named local partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in Slovakia, he practices M&A, corporate, employment and securities law and has worked on a variety of significant M&A projects in the Slovak Republic.
Clara Hainsdorf is based in our Paris office and has been named counsel in our Global Intellectual Property Practice. Qualified in New York and France, she focuses on all aspects of intellectual property law and information technology.
Alicia Hardy is based in our London office and has been named counsel in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in England and Wales, she is a professional support lawyer responsible for overseeing the delivery of legal and skills training throughout the London office, as well as training programs for the M&A/corporate and banking and capital markets sections.
Daniel Hoppe-Jänisch is based in our Hamburg office and has been named local partner in our Global Intellectual Property Practice. Qualified in Germany, he concentrates his practice on patent law, in particular representing clients in infringement cases.
Matthias Hornberg is based in our Frankfurt office and has been named local partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in Germany, he practices in the area of M&A and specializes in domestic and cross-border transactions.
Florian Kleinschmit is based in our Hamburg office and has been named local partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in Germany, he advises private equity funds and strategic investors on domestic and international M&A transactions and has significant experience in corporate restructuring projects.
Merja Lehtimäki is based in our Helsinki office and has been named counsel in our Global Banking Practice. Qualified in Finland, she focuses on banking and structured finance, M&A and capital markets transactions.
Jan Linda is based in our Prague office and has been named local partner in our Global Banking Practice. Qualified in the Czech Republic, he advises leading financial institutions and other entities in the areas of finance, financial restructuring and insolvency.
Janko Lindros is based in our Helsinki office and has been named local partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in Finland, he advises corporations, private equity funds and financial institutions in a broad range of domestic and cross-border M&A and finance transactions.
Darina Lozovsky is based in our Moscow office and has been named local partner in our Global Capital Markets Practice. Qualified in New York, she focuses on international capital markets and securities transactions.
Alena Naatz is based in our Prague office and has been named local partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in the Czech Republic, she focuses on M&A, private equity investment and business law.
Cem Orak is based in our Ankara office and has been named local partner in our Global Project Finance Practice. Qualified in Turkey, his practice covers energy and natural resources, project finance, arbitration, administrative law, litigation and competition law matters.
Jeremy Reynolds is based in our London office and has been named counsel in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in England and Wales, he advises on all UK direct and indirect corporate tax issues and has particular experience in corporate restructurings, corporate finance, banking, securitization and capital markets transactions as well as real estate and M&A transactions.
Christian Schielke is based in our Frankfurt office and has been named local partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in Germany, he provides counsel on all aspects of individual and collective labor and employment law.
Thomas Schmidt is based in our Frankfurt office and has been named local partner in our Global Tax Practice. Qualified in Germany, he advises on corporate tax issues, with emphasis on public and private company acquisitions and corporate reorganizations and financings.
Ladislav Smejkal is based in our Prague office and has been named as a local partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in the Czech Republic, he concentrates on employment, corporate and criminal law, with an emphasis on white collar crime, and coordinates our employment and labor law advice in the Central and Eastern Europe region.
Björn Theis is based in our Munich office and has been named counsel in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in Germany, he concentrates on individual and collective labor law, as well as covering the entire spectrum of social law.
Asia
George Cyriac is based in our Singapore office and has been named counsel in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in New York and India, he has significant experience working on large, complex cross-border transactions including strategic acquisitions, buy-outs by financial sponsors, joint ventures and corporate restructurings.
David Li is based in our Beijing office and has been named counsel in our Global Banking Practice. Qualified in Singapore and England and Wales, he advises international and Chinese financial institutions and companies in financings, capital markets transactions and corporate transactions.
Patrick Ma is based in our Beijing office and has been named counsel in our Global Intellectual Property Practice. Qualified in California, his practice focuses on intellectual property (IP), antitrust and other regulatory matters and assists clients in exploiting and defending their IP rights through licensing and litigation.
Jonathan Olier is based in our Singapore office and has been named local partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Qualified in France and England and Wales, he has significant experience working on large, complex cross-border transactions including strategic acquisitions, buy-outs by financial sponsors, joint ventures and corporate restructurings.
Jamie Thomas is based in our Singapore office and has been named a local partner in our Global Banking Practice. Qualified in England and Wales, he advises clients on leveraged finance, restructurings, debt buy-backs, structured lending, cross-border finance and the secondary debt markets.
Xin Wang is based in our Beijing office and has been named counsel in our Global Banking Practice. Qualified in California, she advises on major outbound financings for Chinese banks to various jurisdictions, as well as asset finance and leasing transactions and corporate transactions.
(Press Release by White & Case)
