DLA Piper announces new appointments to its International Board
DLA Piper today announces that Bruno Giuffrè has been re-elected and Katherine Chew, Caoimhe Clarkin, and Sonia de Kondserovsky have been appointed to the Board of DLA Piper International.
Effective 1 January 2025:
- Bruno Giuffrè (Milan) will begin a second term on the International Board.
Bruno leads the firm’s Insurance team in Italy and advises clients on the legal issues relating to corporate and professional risks, and their litigation and insurance implications.
- Katherine Chew (Singapore) joins the International Board.
Kat leads the M&A and corporate reorganisations practice in Singapore. She has extensive experience advising on corporate matters across South-East Asia, focusing in particular on cross-border M&A and a wide range of pre-acquisition and pre-closing reorganisations, post-acquisition integrations and tax driven reorganisations. Kat is also a ranked employment lawyer.
- Caoimhe Clarkin (Dublin) joins the International Board.
Caoimhe is the head of the litigation and regulatory practice in Ireland and advises domestic and international corporate clients on a whole spectrum of contentious and regulatory issues across a broad range of sectors and in particular consumer goods, food and retail, FS and insurance. She advises on risk and crisis management and on how to avoid, manage and resolve disputes and supports clients on managing their relationships with various regulators in Ireland and abroad.
- Sonia de Kondserovsky (Paris) joins the International Board.
Sonia is an M&A partner, and Head of the Life Sciences sector in France and covers a wide range of transactions, including acquisitions of listed and non-listed companies, cross-border transactions, strategic partnerships, collaborations and licensing agreements, industrial spin-offs, investments and fund raisings and joint-ventures.
Jon Hayes, Global Co-Chair and Senior Partner of DLA Piper International, commented: “I am delighted that Bruno will continue to serve on the Board, and that Caoimhe, Sonia and Kat will join him in bringing their wealth of experience on international work from three additional locations into the Board's discussions. As we focus on driving our business forward, the Board is well equipped to engage with our excellent Executive and with partners generally. I would also like to thank Kevin Chan, Fanny Combourieu, and Suzannah Newboult for their invaluable guidance and support during their time on the Board.”