Akin Gump has beefed up its Hong Kong finance practice with several new partners that cap a recent exodus from Bingham McCutchen to the firm.
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Charles Rogers, Matthew Puhar, Anne-Marie Godfrey, Naomi Moore and Mark Fucci are the new recruits, and arrive amid a focused expansion of the firm in Hong Kong, London and Frankfurt. Rogers and Puhar will focus on public and private cross-border corporate, debt and equity investment, corporate finance and restructuring transactions. Moore will focus on cross-border restructurings, insolvencies and workouts.
Fucci focuses on financial restructuring, while Godfrey joins as a partner in the investment management practice.
“We are delighted to welcome Charles Rogers and Matthew Puhar to the firm, and look forward to the arrival of Anne-Marie Godfrey, Naomi Moore and Mark Fucci in Hong Kong over the coming weeks,” said Akin Gump chairperson Kim Koopersmith. “These highly respected lawyers exemplify the strength of the whole team that is joining Akin Gump. This focused expansion of the firm’s capabilities and services in Hong Kong, London and Frankfurt demonstrates clear commitment to clients across our increasingly robust international platform and heralds the start of a new phase for the firm.”
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