On April 9, the firm announced that Isabelle MacElhone is joining its Paris office as a partner in the firm’s corporate, securities, and finance practice group.
On April 16, M2 reported that Brussels international trade partner Lourdes Catrain has become the director of the firm’s European trade practice at the Brussels office, and finance associate Mara Luisa Cnovas was now a partner.
In her new role, Catrain shall join the firm’s Geneva based team led by Ambassador Rita Hayes.
Isabelle is an expert in French and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions. Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson, she was a senior partner at the Paris office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Catrain, who joined the firm’s Brussels office as partner in 2004, focuses her practice on World Trade Organization and European Union trade matters. Last year, she played a key role in reducing the proposed duration of sanctions from 5 years to 2 years during the footwear trade dispute between the European Union and China.
Cnovas, operating from the firm’s New York office has extensive work experience in Latin America and Spain. She is an expert on media and real estate and her recent achievements include advising News Corporation in Latin America for transactions having an aggregate value of more than $600 million and advising several Latin American funds with commitments over $1 billion.
Hogan & Hartson is an international law firm founded and run from Washington, DC, from 1904, and has more than 1000 lawyers working from 22 offices across the globe.
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