Guyanese attorney to participate in prestigious foreign attorney programme

Attorney Chevy Devonish

Attorney-at-law and Practice areas include from the Attorney General’s universitylecturer,ChevyA. international corporate law, officesaidonThursday Devonish, has been selected international financing and “These are areas of bymultinationalfirmArnold internationalarbitration. increasing relevance and & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP It is expected that Mr importance, due to the to take part in the Firm’s Devonish will be an active unprecedented commercial prestigious ‘Foreign member of the firm’s growth prompted by oil and AttorneyProgramme’. international corporate, gas exploration and forty (40) areas in fourteen cases along with Arnold & “Ialsolookforwardto (14) offices across the globe. Porter attorneys, a statement (Continued on page 24)

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By Zena Henry