Gates and Partners, the LAWorld member firm in Central London, England is delighted to announce that several new lawyers have joined their commercial, aviation and aerospace practice at their offices in London, Singapore and Dubai.

Jeremy Robinson has joined the London office as a Partner to head up the competition practice. Jeremy specialises within the aviation, aerospace & defence and travel industries. Recent matters he has handled include airline predatory pricing, airport charging, scarce bilateral capacity, ATOL renewal, multi-jurisdictional merger control and the EU Defence Procurement package.  Alok Gangola is a corporate transactional lawyer specialising in M&A, private equity and other debt and equity fundraisings who has joined the firm’s corporate finance department as a Partner together with Frans Post who has joined as Chief Financial Officer.

Kirsty Rogers will join the Singapore office.  She has seven years’ experience as an English Solicitor and is also admitted to the New York Bar. She has been working predominately on accident related litigation as well as other aviation claims across Asia.

In Dubai, Caroline Richardson-White will join as a member of our aircraft finance team. Caroline has 12 years experience of practice in multiple jurisdictions and was most recently a member of the aviation finance team of Clyde & Co in Dubai, having previously been a government legal advisor and also in-house counsel with Etihad Airways.

Sean Gates, Senior Partner said: “I am delighted that we continue to attract the high level of confidence shown by our latest formidable recruits who have selected ours as the aviation and commercial firm of choice for the development of their careers. We also look forward to Frans introducing the financial disciplines suitable for a firm now numbering 62 lawyers. Frans’ long term experience with Clifford Chance and Olswangs in this role made him an outstanding choice to join our team.”

Gates and Partners’ main office is at Capital House 85 King William Street, London, England. The LAWorld contact partner, Adosh Chatrath may be contacted by telephone at + 44 20 7337 0300 or email achatrath@gatesandpartners.com