Shipping firm takes Reed Smith Paris partner trio
Specialist shipping firm Thomas Copper & Stibbard is to launch in a new office in Paris following the hire of a three-partner shipping team from the local arm of Reed Smith Richards Butler, including the US firm's local managing partner. Lars Lewis, who has headed Reed Smith's Paris office since 2002, will join Thomas Cooper next month alongside local shipping head Peter Iglikowski and shipping partner Christophe Hunkeler.
March 15, 2007 at 08:58 AM
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Specialist shipping firm Thomas Copper & Stibbard is to launch in a new office in Paris following the hire of a three-partner shipping team from the local arm of Reed Smith Richards Butler, including the US firm's local managing partner.
Lars Lewis, who had headed the legacy Richards Butler's Paris office since 2002, will join Thomas Cooper next month alongside local shipping head Peter Iglikowski and shipping partner Christophe Hunkeler.
Lewis, who specialises in shipping, international trade and energy law and is dual-qualified in the UK and France, will head up Thomas Cooper's Paris operation. Iglikowski is also dual-qualified, and acts for ship owners, major oil companies and banks, particularly in Greece, France and Eastern Europe. Hunkeler specialises in shipping disputes.
Thomas Cooper, which last year hired Richards Butler senior shipping associate Adrian Benham has a partner, now has a total of six offices, including overseas outposts in Singapore, Athens, Vancouver and Madrid.
Meanwhile, Thomas Cooper has boosted its City hub with another new partner, after the hire of shipping and insurance specialist Ben Browne from niche shipping practice Shaw & Croft.
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