Herbert Smith Freehills has announced today the appointment of London-based partner Philip Carrington as the firm's Head of Disputes in EMEA.
Carrington has been with the firm for over thirty years. According to the Herbert Smith press release, he has been heavily focused throughout his career on Europe, in particular on dispute work originating in Russia, the CIS and other emerging markets. He regularly works with the firm's Moscow office on large and complex cross-border disputes involving Russian parties and with the firm's offices and clients in the Middle East.
As Head of Disputes in EMEA, Carrington will be responsible for strengthening the firm's disputes platform across this region, with specific focus on Europe as a significant area of growth for the firm. He will work alongside Regional Dispute Heads Geoff McClellan (Australia), Mark Shillito (UK/US) and Peter Godwin (Asia) to connect disputes teams across the international network and ensure growth of the firm's share of major disputes work worldwide. Together they will form the global disputes management team under the leadership of global head Justin D'Agostino and lead on the implementation of global disputes strategy and further enhancement of the group's reputation with clients across geographies and sectors.
His appointment was announced together with that of Damian Grave, who relocated recently from Australia to London and who was recently appointed as a Client Development Partner, and together with the appointment of Isabelle Michou as the Head of the Paris Disputes Group.
