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LONDON - Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP has announced that Nick Cherryman and James Kitching are joining the firm's litigation practice as partners based in the London office. These significant hires highlight the expansion of the firm's established litigation, international arbitration and securities enforcement and white-collar crime practices into the United Kingdom.
Cherryman specializes in international arbitration and large multi-jurisdictional and international commercial disputes, with substantial experience in handling fraud and related matters. In addition to his extensive arbitration practice, Cherryman retains his rights of audience in the Higher English Courts and has represented clients in the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords (now the Supreme Court) and in the courts of other common law countries. He has substantial cross-border experience, having also handled arbitration and litigation matters in a number of non-UK jurisdictions. He was previously a partner with Bryan Cave and before that he practiced for more than 10 years as a commercial and chancery barrister in leading chambers in London.
Kitching, who is a barrister, has significant experience in white-collar crime, enforcement and special investigations work. Kitching also handles litigation and international arbitration proceedings, principally in relation to high-value commercial contract and fraud disputes. He continues to exercise full rights of audience and represents clients in the Queen's Bench and Chancery Divisions of the High Court and other tribunals. Kitching will also join the firm from Bryan Cave.
Fried Frank's litigation department represents global corporations and financial institutions in their most challenging and complex matters. The firm's litigators in the United States, Europe and Asia handle a diverse range of matters, involving a wide array of industries, jurisdictions and areas, such as significant intellectual property disputes, international arbitrations, multi-jurisdictional litigation, securities and shareholder litigation and securities enforcement and regulation.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 500 attorneys in offices in New York, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Shanghai. For more information, visit www.friedfrank.com.