Black Letter Law Directory | 2015 | Partners in the US and Other International Law Firms with UK offices

Abayomi (Yomi) Akinjide is Co-Leader of Fasken Martineau's Global Energy Group. He has practised at leading City of London and US international law firms and has extensive corporate experience, with a particular emphasis on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Yomi is also experienced...

Karen Anne Guch is a partner at global law firm Baker & McKenzie. Karen is based at the firm's London office and specialises in domestic and cross-border leveraged buyouts, investments, acquisitions and disposals. She is also involved in general merger and acquisition transactions, corporate...

E. Raman Bet-Monsour is a partner at the London and Paris offices of Debevoise and Plimpton in its Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities Group. He has a degree and Masters in International Affairs from the John Hopkins University and studied Law at the Columbia Law...

Colin Chang is a partner in White & Case's Capital Markets group based in London and Paris. He has extensive experience representing underwriters and issuers in securities offerings, with a particular emphasis on high-yield offerings.  He has also represented various parties in a range of...

Sunil Gadhia, a commercial litigator, is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s London office. Sunil moved to the firm in 2012 and had previously spent his entire career at Stephenson Harwood, where he rose from being a trainee in 1988 to becoming its Chief Executive in 2003. He...

Mayank Gupta is a partner in the Banking & Finance practice of the London office of Mayer Brown. He advises financial institutions (state and privately owned) and multinational companies from wide-ranging sectors on a variety of financing transactions. His work includes leverage finance,...

Kem Ihenacho is partner at the London office of US law firm Latham & Watkins and Co-Chair of its Africa Practice. Previously, he was a partner and co-head of the Africa practice at Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance for seven years before taking up his current post...

Vica Irani is a partner at the London office of international law firm Jones Day. She specialises in general corporate and securities law, with primary emphasis on the representation of issuers, underwriters and other institutions in Initial Public Offerings and other equity offerings and M&A...

Partha Kar, a restructuring partner at the London office of international law firm Kirkland & Ellis, was named in The Lawyer magazine’s Hot 100 for 2011 along with fellow restructuring partner Kon Asimacopoulos. Both head up the firm’s restructuring practice and have landed roles on some...

Nabil Khodadad is a partner at Vinson & Elkins’ London office and is the global co-head of the firm’s project finance practice. Nabil has been based in London for more than two decades and has extensive...

Mei Lian is a partner at Shearman and Sterling LLP in the Finance group. She has broad expertise in bank finance, debt and the equity capital market. Mei has been recognised by the Legal 500 for being ‘diligent and client focused’ and for her acquisition and finance experience. A career...

Sunwinder (Sunny) Mann is a partner within the EU, Competition and Trade Department at the London office of global law firm Baker & McKenzie. His practice focuses on World Trade Organisation and EC Trade Law, export controls and trade sanctions. He also advises on UN, EU and UK...

Sanjay Mehta is a tax partner at the US international law firm, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Sanjay advises financial institutions, corporate groups and investors on transactional and contentious tax matters. Chambers and Partners describes him as a “popular choice among clients and peers”....

Alexander Msimang is the Managing Partner at the London office of international law firm Vinson & Elkins (V&E).