Salans today announces nine new partners to the firm, across the UK, Europe and the CIS. The new partners are from a variety of disciplines including arbitration, banking, corporate, employment, litigation, real estate and tax.
Global Managing Partner Dariusz Oleszczuk commented, “It is a measure of our strength as a firm that despite the challenges of 2009, we are bold enough to take a long view and invest in our younger colleagues, and able to recognise and indeed reward talent within our ranks. Each and every one of our new partners has worked incredibly hard, including over the past 12 months, and I extend my congratulations to them all.”
Salans now has 185 partners globally operating from 21 offices across 16 countries.
Note to Editors: 2010 New Partner Appointments
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George Burn, LONDON. Arbitration.
George
is a partner and Head of International Arbitration in London, working as part of the International Arbitration Practice Group. The bulk of George’s international arbitration expertise comes from disputes in technical and infrastructure areas such as energy, construction and engineering, mining, rail and shipping, though he also has a secondary specialism in sports disputes.
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Julie Caussade, PARIS. Employment and Litigation.
Julie
is a partner in Salans' Paris office and is part of the firm’s Global Employment Group. She advises companies on employment matters such as restructuring, mergers, collective economic dismissals, working time, recruitment, contract drafting, expatriates, termination of employment contracts, settlement negotiations, remuneration and company savings plans.
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Catherine Joffroy, PARIS. Corporate and Real Estate.
Catherine
is a partner in Salans' Paris office. Since 1990, she has specialised in advising French companies investing in the CIS, notably in Russia and Ukraine, but also more widely in Central and Eastern Europe. She also advises these companies, as well as large Russian companies, with respect to French commercial and civil law. She has in-depth knowledge in investments, creation of joint ventures, project finance and international contracts.
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Antoine Mercier, PARIS. Real Estate.
Antoine
is a partner in Salans' Paris office. He concentrates on Real Estate law and has developed particular expertise in the field of property acquisition and financing. He is also the Co-Head of the firm’s Leisure and Hospitality sector group, which he leads with fellow partner Alex Skoblo.
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Pirouzan Parvine, WARSAW. Corporate, Real Estate and CEE French Desk.
Pirouzan
is a partner in Salans' Warsaw office. He is an Avocat at the Paris Bar and a registered foreign attorney at the Warsaw Bar. He is a member of the real estate group as well as the CEE French Desk, which he leads with fellow partner Marek Grodek. Pirouzan's experience includes projects and transactional work, ranging from upstream energy projects to M&A in various business sectors.
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Markian Silecky, KYIV. Corporate.
Markian
is a partner in Salans' Kyiv office, and works between Kyiv and New York. He specialises in general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, international transactions, real estate and environmental law. Before joining Salans, Markian was the principal of an international law firm which he founded in 1988. He has been practicing in Ukraine since 1992.
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Kanat Skakov, ALMATY. Corporate and Tax.
Kanat
is a partner in Salans' Almaty office. He specialises in tax law, corporate law and regulatory matters. He has also participated in a number of court cases related to tax and other issues. Kanat also teaches at the Kazakh Humanitarian Law University where he is involved in an educational project under the EU TACIS programme.
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Mateusz Toczyski, WARSAW. Banking & Finance.
Mateusz
is a partner in Salans' Warsaw office. He specialises in banking law, project finance and financial restructuring. He acts for financial institutions as well as borrowers. Mateusz has also acted as an expert on the work on the regulatory changes in Poland including the new bankruptcy law and the new act on registered pledges.
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Agnieszka Wardak, WARSAW. Litigation
Agnieszka
is a partner in Salans' Warsaw Office. She heads the criminal litigation practice. Agnieszka specialises in litigation and criminal law, in particular white collar crime, crisis management and corporate compliance. She advises on scenarios posing a threat to business continuity and market reputation.
Contacts
Dariusz Oleszczuk
Global Managing Partner
E: doleszczuk@salans.com
T: +33 1 42 68 48 00