MOVES

Charles Russell Speechlys has bolstered its Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice with two lateral hires. Partners Richard Kiddell and Alim Khamis join the firm’s London and Qatar offices, respectively. Kiddell is a highly regarded disputes lawyer with over two decades of experience (principally at Hogan Lovells) handling complex, high-value commercial disputes across multiple jurisdictions and involving several parties and laws. He has counselled his corporate and private individual client base through countless arbitration proceedings under various institutional rules, including the London Court of International Arbitration, the International Court of Arbitration, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the DIFC-LCIA and the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, as well investment treaty proceedings under the rules of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes. Kiddell’s experience of courts in jurisdictions including the BVI, the USA and Saudi Arabia, coupled with his understanding of international arbitration in emerging and developing markets, means he forms an integral link across the firm’s international offices. On the other hand, Khamis is a dual-qualified lawyer in Australia and Canada, specialising in construction disputes, with a focus on domestic and international arbitration. Throughout his career, he has worked across multiple jurisdictions, and project managed large international teams from specialist disciplines on arbitrations spanning Asia, the GCC and Australia. With over a decade of experience acting for clients in high-value disputes within the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors, Khamis has gained invaluable sector knowledge and best practice.

Seyfarth has added Kathryn Weaver, a highly regarded leader in the field of international employment law, as a partner in Hong Kong to head the firm’s regional cross-border employment practice. Weaver is qualified to practice in England & Wales and Hong Kong, and has extensive experience advising multinational employers on all of their Asia-Pacific HR-related law needs, including employment law, immigration, data privacy and benefits. She advises employers on the full range of employment issues they face in Hong Kong, and seamlessly handles cross-jurisdictional work across the Asia-Pacific region. Leading employers around the world look to Weaver for practical, holistic and comprehensive strategies for all their labour and employment needs in the Asia Pacific. Her experience as in-house counsel for global companies in the financial services, technology and retail sectors gives her keen and well-rounded insight into what clients require from their external employment counsel.

HFW has continued to grow its global disputes practice with the hire of Kevin Warburton in Hong Kong. His practice spans international arbitration, commercial litigation, regulatory investigations and inquiries, and privacy/cyber. Warburton joins from Tanner De Witt, where he was a partner