Hogan Lovells boosted its Asian litigation and arbitration practice by hiring to its Tokyo office partner Patric McGonigal, who was previously a partner with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert in Singapore.
McGonigal, who specializes in international commercial arbitration, was leading a team in Singapore where he acted on a broad range of commercial, insurance, international trade and trade finance disputes. Prior to that, he spent nine years in London and more than five years in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He has experience onducting arbitration cases before SIAC, HKIAC and CIETAC in Asia, as well as in London and Europe before LCIA, LMAA, ICC, RSA, GAFTA and FOSFA.
McGonigal’s career till date includes being involved in the Elektrim/Vivendi dispute, which, with an arbitral award of 1.876 billion euros (plus accrued interest), was one of the highest value arbitrations in Europe. He has also worked on several recent trade arbitrations arising out of the grain and flour export ban in Russia, as well as a series of recovery proceedings in Asia and London involving defective submarine telecommunication cables.
"Patric is a seasoned partner with a strong track record in international litigation and arbitration, particularly on the ground in Asia,” said Crispin Rapinet, Hogan Lovells’ Asia and Middle East regional managing partner, in a statement. “This experience combined with his close personal connections to Japan, make him the ideal partner to support the needs of our Japanese client base and to lead our established team on the ground in Tokyo."
McGonigal’s addition further bolsters the firm’s Asian litigation and arbitration practice, which currently comprises of seven partners, five consultants and more than 30 lawyers, following the promotion of Chris Dobby (Hong Kong) and Jon Leach (Singapore) to litigation and arbitration partners earlier this year. Last week, partner Timothy Hill was appointed to the governing council of the HKIAC. ALB
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