Vera Losonci > Debevoise & Plimpton LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The ‘top-notch‘ emerging markets practice at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has ‘a great group of partners and associates who are diligent, smart, and highly commercial‘. Among them are Geoffrey Burgess, who has an active international M&A practice and frequently handles transactions in Africa, India and Russia/CIS; capital markets partner James Scoville, who recently advised Baring Vostok Capital Partners on an $85m accelerated bookbuild sale of approximately 1.2 million global depositary receipts; chair of European and Asian litigation Lord Peter Goldsmith KC and co-chair of the Africa practice Patrick Taylor, who together assisted Shell Petroleum as claimant in an ICSID case against the Federal Republic of Nigeria concerning breaches of the Netherlands-Nigeria Bilateral Investment Treaty. ‘Super-smart, gracious, natural dealmaker‘ Alan Kartashkin, who previously led the firm’s Moscow office, is now head of the firm’s London-based Eastern European practice. International counsel Vera Losonci focuses on equity and debt offerings, including cross-border M&A deals and corporate governance matters. ‘This practice is exceptional – agile, flexible, resourceful and very collaborative‘, say clients.