Baker Botts has added Dominic Pellew as a partner. Pellew, who joins the Moscow office, specializes in dispute resolution. He will practice in the International Arbitration group.

Source:  www.prenewswire.co.uk

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has snagged a corporate partner from Hogan Lovells' Moscow office. Suren Gortsunyan specializes in M&A, capital markets, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. He joins the international corporate transactions practice.

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Ilya Rybalkin is the first Hogan Lovells partner in Europe to leave the firm post merger. Rybalkin has announced his plans to join Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in July. He will be stationed at the Moscow office.

Source:  www.legalweek.com

Dechert has just scored Clifford Chance's head of litigation and arbitration in Moscow. Ivan Marisin, who has spent the last 18 years with Clifford has just joined Dechert. Marisin brings along Vasily Kuznetsov, counsel and Alexander Sidorov, associate.

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