Fulbright & Jaworski has boosted its London operation with the hire of a senior partner from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert.
Chris Warren-Smith, who headed up Barlows’ financial regulatory team, is set to join Fulbright shortly. He will oversee the US firm’s City financial services disputes practice, working closely with office managing partner and disputes partner Lista Cannon.
Warren-Smith, who also headed the banking litigation team at Barlows, has experience of litigation, arbitration, international dispute resolution and investigations work. He has worked on high-profile cases involving Shell, banking overdraft charges and the Barings and Maxwell collapses.
His hire comes less than six months after the US firm bolstered its London energy practice with the hire of Ashurst projects partner Jeremy Sheldon, with the Texas-based law firm gearing up for significant expansion across its core energy, disputes and project finance practices in the City.
Fulbright global litigation chief Stephen Dillard commented: “Chris has a track record of accomplishments that is extraordinary. He is exactly who we were looking for as we continue to expand this core practice at Fulbright. He is joining forces with Lista Cannon and together they will lead a formidable team in London.”
Cannon, who will oversee the international disputes practice with Warren-Smith, told Legal Week: “We have had a spectacular two years and we are expanding. We’re very pleased that Chris is joining. We were colleagues at Richards Butler and have worked together since so this is a great continuation.”
