Field Fisher Waterhouse boosts CIS and Central & Eastern European reach with new lateral hires
15 June 2009
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP announces today the appointment of
Richard Temple who joins from Osborne Clarke and Zdzislaw
Wieckowski, who joins from White & Case.
Zdzislaw, who originally hails from Boston and took his law
degree at Harvard, was until recently head of private equity and
Administrative Partner at White & Case Warsaw. He
represents local and international clients in Poland and throughout
Central and Eastern Europe in all corporate activities and has
worked across many industries including TMT and financial services.
Zdzislaw is an American qualified lawyer. He moves to Field Fisher
Waterhouse in London after 13 years of practice in Poland.
Richard Temple, a leading expert in energy and infrastructure projects, joins from
Osborne Clarke where he was joint head of Energy & Natural
Resources. Richard has advised on a number of groundbreaking
energy and infrastructure projects in the CIS and CEE region
including three years practising in the Czech Republic. He
has spent fifteen years advising on major international and
domestic oil and gas, power, water,
nuclear and renewable projects.
The appointments of both Zdzislaw and Richard will be a
significant boost to Field Fisher Waterhouse’s growing CIS and CEE
practice, complementing the firm’s existing strengths in Western
Europe and the CIS. The new hires follow the appointment of
corporate partner Tim Bee who joined the firm from Addleshaw
Goddard in May.
Andrew Blankfield, Head of Corporate
at Field Fisher Waterhouse, said: “We are committed to the long
term growth of our corporate practice and
the appointments of Richard and Zdzislaw, as well as Tim Bee last month, are a significant step
forward.”
Alex Woodfield, head of the dedicated
12 lawyer CIS/CEE Group at Field Fisher Waterhouse said: “Our CIS
practice has seen considerable success and a growing profile over
the past few years with an increasing focus on member’s specific
legal and Russian language skills. Both Richard and Zdzislaw
broaden our skill set for advising in these key regions and fuel
our expansion into CEE.”
For further press information please
contact:
Louise Eckersley, PR Manager,
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP on 020 7861 4120