mARCH 2012 12 Lateral, Vertical, Strategic Lateral, Vertical, Strategic
LVS looks at a selection of the latest appointments, promotions and transfers within the legal world across the globe, reporting on the best people, from the world’s best firms.
COMMERCIAL AND INSURANCE LITIGATOR JOINS APPLEBY
Appleby, the world’s largest provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, has recruited a City of London lawyer into its market-leading litigation team in the Cayman Islands. Shaun Tracey recently joined the firm as
an Associate in the Litigation and Insolvency Practice Group from leading UK law firm, Simmons & Simmons. He will focus primarily in the areas of insurance and reinsurance dispute resolution, negligence claims, fund and shareholder disputes, and fraud litigation. Shaun brings with him particular
expertise in complex, high-value professional negligence and directors’ and officers’ claims in the financial services sector and has handled contractual disputes, fraud claims and regulatory investigations and insurance coverage disputes. During the course of his career, Shaun
has advised multinational companies, insurers, professional firms, fiduciary service providers and their professional directors, banks, government departments, and private clients. He has also undertaken successful secondments to a division of Barclays and Travelers Insurance Company. A keen advocate, Shaun has represented
pro bono clients before the Employment Tribunal and has conducted advocacy at interlocutory court hearings. Jeremy Walton, Cayman Practice Group
Head of Litigation and Insolvency, said: “We are delighted to be welcoming Shaun who has a wealth of specialist experience. He will add even more strength to our pool of top litigation lawyers, and enhance our handling of claims brought against professionals and service providers, which is emerging as a trend in offshore litigation.”
KING & SPALDING RECRUITS GERMAN
TAx PARTNER Dr. Axel Schilder, a prominent German tax lawyer and former official of the German tax authority, has joined international law firm, King & Spalding in Frankfurt, becoming the second lateral partner recruit for the office in 2012. Schilder will help build up the German
arm of the firm’s tax practice with a focus on real estate and investment tax law, support the continued growth of the firm’s capital transactions and real estate practice in Frankfurt and strengthen the taxation expertise of the firm’s and office’s fund structuring and international transactional work. He joined King & Spalding today from the law firm of Beiten Burkhardt, where he was a partner. Prior to this he practiced at Allen & Overy, GSK Stockmann & Kollegen and Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker. Schilder advises companies, funds and
DLA PIPER APPOINTS PARTNER TO HEAD PRO BONO AND CORPORATE ESPONSIBILITY
DLA Piper has appointed partner Nicolas Patrick as Head of Pro Bono and Corporate Responsibility for the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. Mr Patrick is a full-time partner who practices in the area of human rights law. Based in Sydney, Mr Patrick will divide
his time between Sydney and London and will work in collaboration with Lisa Dewey, the firm’s other full-time pro bono partner based in Washington DC. During 2011 DLA Piper performed more than 190,000 hours of pro bono legal
work globally, making it one of the world's largest legal pro bono providers. Sir Nigel Knowles, Joint CEO of DLA
Piper said: "Pro bono work is an important part of the firm’s history and it is an increasingly important part of our future. At DLA Piper, our pro bono clients receive the same high standard of service as our commercial clients. The sheer volume of pro bono work being undertaken by the firm absolutely justifies the need to have a partner managing this international practice."
individuals in Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Luxembourg on matters pertaining to German tax, including inward and outbound investment, real estate investment, construction, sale and leaseback, financing and structuring. He also advises on VAT optimisation structures, tax audits and tax fraud and is admitted to the chamber of tax advisors and holds a diploma of tax and financial administration. “I look forward to playing a role in the
continued development of the tax and real estate tax practices and the firm's Frankfurt office,” said Schilder. “The opportunity to help top-end firm King & Spalding expand its strong real estate and funds practice in Germany and internationally in the United States, the Middle East and the United Kingdom is an exciting one.”
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