header-logo header-logo

09 August 2019
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
printer mail-detail

Winston & Strawn—Alison Weal

Transport finance specialist joins as partner

Winston & Strawn LLP has announced the arrival of transportation finance expert Alison Weal as a partner in the London office.

Alison comes on board after more than 12 years as an asset finance solicitor with White & Case. She offers extensive experience in cross-border aircraft and maritime financings, including finance leases, tax-based leasing structures, and export credit supported financings. Her clients include banks, export credit agencies, borrowers, and lessees operating in the aviation and shipping industries.

Chairman Tom Fitzgerald commented: ‘Alison will assist our clients in navigating intricacies across an array of financing issues. Her unique global expertise is an important addition to our transportation finance practice, led by Mark Moody in London, and will provide cross-border benefits to financial institutions and companies with international, multi-jurisdiction transportation finance transactions.’

‘I am delighted to be joining Winston & Strawn, particularly at this exciting time when the firm is focused on further developing its transportation finance capabilities. I look forward to collaborating with our clients and colleagues,’ added Alison.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Laytons ETL—Maximilian Kraitt

Laytons ETL—Maximilian Kraitt

Commercial firm strengthens real estate disputes team with associate hire

Switalskis—three appointments

Switalskis—three appointments

Firm appoints three directors to board

Browne Jacobson—seven promotions

Browne Jacobson—seven promotions

Six promoted to partner and one to legal director across UK and Ireland offices

NEWS

From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed

Momentum is building behind proposals to restrict children’s access to social media—but the legal and practical challenges are formidable. In NLJ this week, Nick Smallwood of Mills & Reeve examines global moves, including Australia’s under-16 ban and the UK's consultation
Reforms designed to rebalance landlord-tenant relations may instead penalise leaseholders themselves. In this week's NLJ, Mike Somekh of The Freehold Collective warns that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 risks creating an ‘underclass’ of resident-controlled freehold companies
Timing is everything—and the Court of Appeal has delivered clarity on when proceedings are ‘brought’. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains that a claim is issued for limitation purposes when the claim form is delivered to the court, even if fees are underpaid
The traditional ‘single, intensive day’ of financial dispute resolution (FDR) may be due for a rethink. Writing in NLJ this week, Rachel Frost-Smith and Lauren Guiler of Birketts propose a ‘split FDR’ model, separating judicial evaluation from negotiation
back-to-top-scroll