Linklaters’ former partner to head Kinstellar’s London office
21.01.2010Company: Amcham
The international law firm Kinstellar successfully ended its first year on the Czech and international market with a new brand. With the opening of its London office headed by Nick Eastwell the firm confirms its long-term relationship with the western markets.
Nick Eastwell is a reputable, internationally-recognised expert on capital market transactions. He was managing partner of Linklaters’ network of offices in Central and Eastern Europe from 1999 through 2003, and from May 2003 until the end of last year was global head of Linklaters’ Capital Markets Department. At the same time, he was regional managing partner for Linklaters’ Emerging Europe division.
His particular area of expertise is in emerging markets. He has acted on pioneering issues throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and in Central and Eastern Europe, in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Russia.
Nick Eastwell comments: "I have known the Kinstellar team for 10 years, going back to the time when, together, we established what became the market leading presence in CEE. They are a very high quality group of people who, at a time when many of the big firms are closing offices or downsizing in the region, have a great opportunity to establish themselves as the leading niche player in and focus on emerging Europe. I hope to be able to play a part in helping them reach that goal."
His cooperation with Kinstellar will start from January 2010. Nick will stay based in London focused exclusively on Emerging Europe’s markets.
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