Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has expanded its national antitrust practice with the addition of former Federal Trade Commission attorney Kaj Rozga as counsel in its New York office. A seasoned antitrust litigator, Rozga has extensive experience in both government and private practice.

Rozga has reunited with DWT partners and former FTC attorneys Litvack and Christopher Renner, adding more depth and complementary expertise to the firm’s antitrust capabilities. Rozga brings more than a decade of significant experience handling U.S. antitrust matters, international cross-border transactions, and international cartel investigations and follow-on damages suits.

Rozga joins DWT from bpv Hügel in Vienna, Austria, where he represented international clients in various European competition law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, and tech counseling. Previously, he practiced at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he managed complex civil litigation, defended companies and individuals in criminal cartel matters, and provided M&A and other antitrust counseling. He began his career at the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, where he was an integral member of trial teams that successfully challenged two hospital mergers in federal courts and the FTC administrative court, and was awarded for meritorious service and excellence in litigation for his contributions to those cases.

Rozga received his undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Economics from the University of California, San Diego and his law degree from Boston University School of Law. He is the founder of Tech Law Decoded, which tracks major worldwide developments in tech laws and regulations.

Blank Rome Adds Mexican Counsel in Houston to Growing Corporate Practice

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Cecilia Ibarra-van Oostenrijk has joined the firm’s Houston office as Mexican Counsel* in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group. Oostenrijk has nearly 30 years of experience in practicing international law, with an emphasis on energy industry matters. She brings to Blank Rome a strong platform of longstanding business relationships that she has cultivated in Mexico and across Latin America, notably with regards to counseling on cross-border transactions, litigation proceedings, and compliance. Oostenrijk previously served as senior counsel at McKool Smith and, prior to that role, as regional compliance officer for North America operations and senior legal and compliance counsel for Mexico operations with TechnipFMC, a leading energy services company.

At Blank Rome, Oostenrijk’s practice will focus on counseling clients on their international business transactions as well as dispute resolution proceedings, both litigation and arbitration. Her experience practicing in Mexico and the Unites States enables her to counsel businesses in a range of cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, and joint ventures. She also provides clients with compliance advice related to anti-corruption matters, international trade, sanctions and export controls, and data privacy. Furthermore, Cecilia helps ensure that clients with cross-border operations are in compliance with internal codes of conduct, internal ethics policies, and other compliance procedures.

While in-house, Oostenrijk led internal investigations, managed an international litigation docket, negotiated settlement agreements, developed and presented anticorruption training, and routinely offered guidance on anti-bribery and corruption, trade controls, anti-fraud, money
laundering, human rights, antitrust, and other high-risk compliance areas. While practicing in Mexico, Oostenrijk gained substantive experience in international M&A, joint ventures, contracts, antitrust, international trade, and internal investigations.

Outside of her practice, Oostenrijk is a member of the International Bar Association, American Bar Association’s Internal Law Section, and Houston Bar Association’s International Law Section, of which she previously served as council member and chair. She is also a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.

Oostenrijk earned her LL.M. from the University of Houston Law Center and her law degree from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. She is a native Spanish speaker and is conversant in French.

* Mexican Counsel not admitted to practice law in the State of Texas.

Since January 2020, Blank Rome’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group has welcomed a number of leading attorneys across its U.S. offices, enhancing the firm’s services and capabilities throughout its various practices:

Eastman & Smith LTD is pleased to announce that David W. Carter and Lynn Vuketich Luther have been elected to the firm’s Executive Committee for three-year terms, effective June 1. In addition, Fadi V. Nahhas has been re-elected as Executive Committee chair for the third consecutive year. All three are based in the firm’s Toledo office.

The firm’s other Executive Committee members are Matthew D. Harper, Steven D. Reinbolt, and Mark A. Shaw.

Carter concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning; probate and trust administration; estate, gift and income taxation; and business succession planning.

Luther focuses her practice on representing management in labor and employment matters. She is a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation and Labor & Employment practice groups.

Nahhas concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, general corporate law, commercial transactions, and immigration.

The Eastman & Smith Executive Committee is the primary decision-making body responsible for overseeing the economic performance and long-range planning and direction of the firm.

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Owen J. Pinkerton has rejoined the firm’s Capital Markets & Investments Practice Group in the Washington DC office as partner. Pinkerton previously worked at Eversheds Sutherland as counsel and is now joining from Thompson Hine, where he was a partner in the Corporate Transactions & Securities and Investment Management practice focused on advising business development companies (BDCs) and registered closed-end funds.

In addition to BDCs, Pinkerton advises registered closed-end funds and interval funds on regulatory and transactional matters, including public and private offerings and ongoing regulatory compliance with the federal securities laws. Additionally, he has extensive experience advising real estate investment trusts (REITs). He provides ongoing regulatory advice to his clients regarding general corporate governance matters, including preparing and reviewing periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and dealing with disclosure issues under the federal securities laws. He also advises clients on issues arising under state “Blue Sky” laws and processes and FINRA regulation of public offerings and marketing efforts.

Prior to his role at Thompson Hine, Pinkerton was a partner in the Corporate, Securities, Real Estate Capital Markets, and Funds & Alternative Investments practices of another national firm. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland in 2007, he worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission as an attorney-adviser and senior counsel within the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance. In this capacity, he served as a reviewer of 1933 Act and 1934 Act registration statements, periodic reports, and proxy statements filed by real estate investment trusts (REITs), business services companies and commodity pools. Prior to this role, he worked at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the Division of Trading and Markets and for the US House of Representatives.

San Francisco, CA (June 1, 2021) – Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Yan (Julian) Zou has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Practice in the San Francisco office. Zou focuses his practice on corporate, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment (inbound into and outbound from China), banking and finance, real estate, and other commercial matters.

Zou has exceptional experience advising multinational corporations on market entry from China to the United States and local operations in the United States, once established. He regularly structures transactions based on clients’ commercial needs in compliance with various regulatory authorities. He also has experience in private equity and venture investments, representing investors as well as portfolio companies.

Zou received his J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law in 2013, his LL.M. from the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade Law School in 2003, and his LL.B. from the Soochow University School of Law in 2001.

Eastman & Smith LTD is pleased to announce that Sara L. Rose has joined the firm in Columbus as of counsel in its Labor and Employment and Workers’ Compensation practices.

She is the only attorney in central and southern Ohio certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in both labor & employment and workers’ compensation law. Prior to joining Eastman & Smith, Rose had her own successful law firm, Sara L. Rose, LLC.

Rose focuses her practice on protecting employers’ rights in workers’ compensation and employment-related matters. Her clients have ranged from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-size companies to small, family-owned businesses.

She is active with the Fairfield County, Columbus, Ohio, and American bar associations, as well as the Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce. She is a co-founder of 100 Women Who Care of Fairfield County and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Magazine and a Top Lawyer by Columbus CEO.

Rose received her J.D. from Capital University Law School, graduated as valedictorian, and her Bachelor of Arts (with honors) from the University of Maryland.

DALLAS – Crawford, Wishnew & Lang PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of attorney Cameron E. Jean to its office located in Dallas, Texas. Jean brings experience in representing entities in matters involving employment and commercial litigation, among other things.

After graduating from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2015, Jean served as a briefing attorney to the Honorable Chief Justice Carolyn Wright of the Fifth District Court of Appeals at Dallas. He then clerked for the Honorable Christine A. Nowak of the Eastern District of Texas. These clerkship experiences gave Jean the opportunity to analyze varied and complex cases from initial filing through appeal. Jean comes to Crawford, Wishnew & Lang after several years working as an associate at Figari + Davenport, LLP, where he litigated commercial cases with a wide array of subject matter.

The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) has announced that Jennifer Job, counsel for ExxonMobil in Beaumont, Texas, has accepted an invitation to join the IADC, the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests.

Job serves as the sole in-house counsel for the ExxonMobil manufacturing complex in Beaumont. She manages a broad range of issues including environmental and safety compliance, contractual matters, real estate, personal injury litigation, dispute negotiations, and labor and employment.

Job received her J.D. (magna cum laude) from Baylor Law and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin.

About the International Association of Defense Counsel
The IADC is the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests. Founded in 1920, the IADC has members who hail from six continents, 51 countries and territories, and all 50 U.S. states. The core purposes of the IADC are to enhance the development of skills, promote professionalism, and facilitate camaraderie among its members and their clients, as well as the broader civil justice community. For more information, visit www.iadclaw.org.

A.Y. Strauss, a leading boutique law firm focused on commercial transactions and litigation in areas including real estate, franchising law, construction contracting, bankruptcy, and labor & employment, is pleased to announce that Jordan M. Engelhardt has joined the firm as a Partner in the firm’s Litigation group, effective June 1, 2021. Prior to joining A.Y. Strauss, Engelhardt served as Counsel at Patterson Belknap. Engelhardt’s focus will be on commercial disputes, financial services litigation, and intellectual property.

A skilled and versatile attorney, Engelhardt has experience in federal and state courts, administrative agency matters, and alternative dispute resolution. He is also the co-author of a treatise chapter on Commercial Division procedure in New York State court, as well as several amicus briefs in cases before the United States Supreme Court.

Engelhardt earned his J.D., cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 2009, where he served on the Cornell Law Review. He earned his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. He is admitted to practice in New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) has announced that Kathleen Ingram Carrington, an attorney at Butler Snow LLP in Nashville, Tennessee, has accepted an invitation to join the IADC, the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests.

Carrington focuses her practice on personal injury and product liability litigation related to recalled products and allegations of product defect. She represents clients in a wide range of industries, including manufacturers of recreational vehicles, industrial machinery, and automobiles. Her experience includes serving as lead trial counsel and as a key trial team member in several significant trials. She also maintains an active appellate practice in state and federal courts across the United States after having served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Carrington was her firm’s 2019-2020 Fellow for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. In addition, she is actively involved with DRI, the leading organization of defense attorneys and in-house counsel, and is a frequent speaker and author on products liability topics.

Carrington received her J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of Mississippi School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University.

DALLAS – High-stakes trial lawyer Mark Werbner is honored in the Chambers USA 2021 legal guide for his work involving commercial litigation in Texas. It’s a recognition he has earned since 2013.

Published by London-based Chambers and Partners, the Chambers USA guide is considered the gold standard for business law firms. Selections are based on a rigorous search process that includes interviews with clients and lawyers. Criteria include technical legal ability, client service, professional conduct and other qualities valued by clients.

Known for his role in a high-profile trial where he secured a historic jury verdict against a Middle Eastern bank for providing material financial support to terrorists, Werbner has handled approximately 150 jury trials in his more than 30-year career and has secured some of the largest jury verdicts in the country.

More recently, he was part of a legal team that won a False Claims Act case against Texas Heart Hospital of the Southwest. Werbner also represented a Forest Park Medical Center founding physician accused in a high-profile fraud and kickback scheme.

Often recognized by his legal peers as one of the most accomplished trial attorneys in the nation, Werbner has a long list of accolades. For years, he’s been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America, Benchmark Litigation and Texas Super Lawyers.

A co-founder of Dallas’ successful Sayles Werbner law firm, he launched Werbner Law on March 1 after a two-year stop at Winston & Strawn to focus on business, commercial and personal injury litigation as well as white-collar criminal defense.

Raleigh, N.C. – Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP is pleased to announce that Carri Preble has joined the firm’s Raleigh office. Preble is a business-oriented attorney with significant experience in the telecommunications and commercial real estate industries, including working directly for national wireless service providers and infrastructure companies.

Preble has advised national and regional wireless service providers and infrastructure owners on all phases of tower and cell site development. She has resolved landlord/tenant disputes and construction and access issues. She has helped landlords and tower owners administer, enforce, and amend existing infrastructure agreements. She also has experience in mergers and acquisitions in the telecom industry, including working with regional and national developers in the purchases and sales of tower portfolios.

In addition, Preble has represented commercial retail tenants and solar companies in the acquisition of entitlements to property. She has drafted and negotiated a high volume of diverse real estate documents, including leases, lease amendments, purchase and sales agreements, assignments, perpetual easements for ground lease buyouts, bills of sale, subordination and non-disturbance agreements, and utility and access easements.

Preble is also experienced with all levels of real estate due diligence, from examining title and survey issues and resolving title defects and encumbrances, to environmental assessment review and analysis.

Earlier in her career, Preble was a real estate manager for what was then Sprint, managing a portfolio of the leading wireless company’s sites across New England. Prior to that, she managed wireless and fiber carrier programs for Tilson, a national network development and information infrastructure professional services firm. She later worked for Minasian Becker, a boutique firm focused on commercial real estate, business services, and telecommunications, before joining Parker Poe.

Buchalter is pleased to announce the arrival of new Shareholder John Clough, and welcome him to our Los Angeles Office. Clough is the newest member of the Litigation Practice Group. A seasoned trial lawyer, Clough focuses his practice on business and commercial litigation.

Clough routinely litigates complex, multiparty matters in diverse areas of substantive law, including corporate governance disputes, construction defects, lender liability, fiduciary litigation, business and lending fraud, officer and director liability, intellectual property and trade secret/trade dress. He also has substantial experience with matters pertaining to unfair competition, restrictive covenants, usurpation of corporate opportunities, theft of trade secrets, and deceptive trade practices.

In addition to his litigation practice, Clough has a variety of clients such as start-up businesses, businesses restructuring to attract investors and passive capital, and other corporate clients. He also advises clients in various areas including with respect to employment handbooks/agreements, separation agreements, shareholder agreements, distributor agreements, franchisor and franchisee agreements, information technology policies, and advertising and marketing policies and procedures.

Clough is an AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He was also recognized in the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for Commercial Litigation, and has been named to the “Best Lawyers” list every year from 2013 to 2021.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Ryan P. Robichaux, a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office, has been elected as an Alabama State Bar (ASB) commissioner for the 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 8. He begins his three-year term on July 1.

As the governing and policy-making body of the ASB, the Board of Bar Commissioners has the authority to promulgate and enforce rules relating to admissions, rules of ethics, and discipline of its membership. Other responsibilities of the board include determining the qualifications and requirements for admission to the practice of law, investigating and acting on complaints concerning conduct of members and applicants for admission, overseeing the bar examination, and assisting local bar associations.

A member of Bradley’s Government Affairs Practice Group, Robichaux focuses on political advocacy and compliance, representing clients before the executive and legislative branches of government in Washington, D.C.; Montgomery, Ala.; and other states. His work in these areas includes representation of businesses, trade associations, political action committees, nonprofits, government contractors, and other individuals and entities that are involved in the political process. He also has significant experience representing candidates for public office.

Prior to law school, Robichaux served as a legislative aide in the U.S. Senate, specializing in agriculture, judiciary, trade and manufacturing policy. He also was a research assistant for a member of the British Parliament.

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partner Lisa J. Sotto, chair of the firm’s global privacy and cybersecurity practice, has been recognized by Chambers and Partners with the 2021 Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession award. This honor is given to one lawyer each year for exceptional achievements.

A longtime leader in global privacy and cybersecurity law, Sotto has dedicated her career to promoting sound global data privacy and security practices. In addition to heading the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity team, Sotto co-founded in 2000 the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, a think tank within the firm that collaborates with industry leaders, policymakers and regulators to develop global solutions and best practices for data privacy and responsible data use. Sotto is so well respected in matters of cybersecurity and privacy that governments and lawmakers around the world seek her counsel in regulating the space.

Sotto has served as chair of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee since 2012 and previously served as its vice chair. Among her honors and accolades, The National Law Journal named Sotto one of the nation’s “100 Most Influential Lawyers” and Chambers USA has again named her as a “Star Individual”—the only privacy lawyer in the US to receive this distinguished ranking. The Legal 500 has recognized Sotto as a “Leading Lawyer” for Cyber Law, Data Protection and Privacy and named her to its inaugural list of Hall of Fame lawyers.

A.Y. Strauss, a leading boutique law firm focused on commercial transactions and litigation in the areas of real estate, bankruptcy, franchising law, construction contracting, and labor & employment, is pleased to announce that Matthew L. Holden, Esq., has merged his law firm Holden Legal Group, LLC with A.Y. Strauss, effective June 1, 2021. Holden joins as a partner in A.Y. Strauss’s Real Estate and Corporate practice groups.

Holden represents developers, borrowers, lenders, and other entities in large-scale commercial real estate transactions related to retail, office, multifamily, hotel, condominium, and industrial spaces. He also provides counsel in risk-avoidance and complex transactions and disputes. His clients include startups, emerging companies, and Fortune 500 companies alike.

Holden earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was a member of the Real Estate and Trust Law Society. He earned his BBA in Finance from Emory University Goizueta School of Business. He is licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey; the United States District Court, Southern District of New York; and the United States District Court, District of New Jersey.

Prior to founding Holden Legal Group in Hackensack, NJ and New York City in June 2009, Holden practiced corporate and securities law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and thereafter served as in-house counsel at Ospraie Management, LLC, the investment manager for the Ospraie Funds, where he worked on corporate, hedge fund, securities and real estate matters. Prior to earning his law degree, Holden worked in investment banking for Lehman Brothers Inc.

Leslie D. Corwin has joined Duane Morris LLP as of counsel in the firm’s Trial Practice Group in its New York office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Corwin was the managing partner of Eisner, LLP’s New York office.

Corwin is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer focusing his practice on disputes, mergers and acquisitions, liquidations, dissolutions and bankruptcies. He has broad experience with the full range of valuation, accounting and ethical issues that typically arise in business disputes. Corwin has litigated issues of first impression and his practice also includes elements of finance, securities, entertainment, employment law, ERISA, real estate and bankruptcy. He has represented and negotiated on behalf of principals, partners and senior executives of many of the country’s leading investment banks and private equity firms, international and national law and accounting firms, broker-dealers, investment banks, hedge funds and real estate developers.

Corwin is a member of the American Law Institute, the Committee on Character and Fitness for the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department, and serves on multiple other court committees. In 2019, he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the New York Law Journal and was named one of its inaugural New York Trailblazers. He was named last month to the American Lawyer’s 2021 Inaugural List of Northeast Trailblazers. He is a frequent analyst on CNN, CNBC, Fox, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. His book Law Firm Partnership Agreements, which he co-authored, remains the definitive treatise on the subject. Corwin also writes extensively for law journals and industry publications and has lectured for the judiciary, bar, legal associations and law schools, industry organizations and Harvard Business School. He participated in the Aspen Institute’s 2017 Justice & Society Seminar, an annual, invitation-only seminar co-founded by the late Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun that is composed of 20 distinguished participants from various professional fields.

Corwin is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1973) and Brown University (B.A., 1969).

June 1, 2021– Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that Koree Khongphand-Buckman has joined the firm as its new Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer, effective today. In this role, Khongphand-Buckman will be responsible for leading Foley’s business development, marketing, client service and branding efforts across all practices, industries, sectors and offices to help the firm achieve its strategic objectives. She will be based in Foley’s Denver office.

Khongphand-Buckman brings 20 years of professional services marketing experience crafting and implementing growth strategies for new and existing clients. She previously served as Head of Marketing and Business Development for the Americas at a Top 10 global law firm where she developed many innovative initiatives and programs to enhance business performance, improve client engagement and increase revenue growth.

Khongphand-Buckman earned both a B.S. and M.A. in Mass Communications from the University of South Dakota.

Venable LLP is pleased to announce that it has launched a Native American Law and Policy Practice, which will focus on representing the interests of tribes and Alaska Native corporations across a variety of areas, as well as state and local governments and non-Indian entities seeking to engage with, or invest in, Indian Country. In addition, the firm is happy to announce that Kyle E. Scherer has joined Venable as a partner in the Environmental and Natural Resources Group in the Washington, D.C., office. Scherer will co-chair the Native American Law and Policy Practice with David A. Mullon Jr., a current partner at Venable who has spent the majority of his career addressing issues that impact tribes and tribal interests.

Prior to joining Venable, Scherer served as the principal deputy general counsel for the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). There, he helped implement and defend CEQ’s revised National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations and coordinate the review of agency-specific NEPA rulemaking. He began his career in federal service at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as a White House Fellow and counsel to the associate attorney general. Among other things, his portfolio included oversight of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, the Office of Justice Programs, and the Office of Tribal Justice.

In 2017, Scherer joined the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) as a counselor to the assistant secretary for Indian affairs. He was later appointed the deputy solicitor for Indian affairs and the acting deputy solicitor for parks and wildlife. There, he concurrently led two of the largest divisions within the DOI Office of the Solicitor, managing more than 60 career attorneys across seven practice areas. In these roles, he provided advice to the secretary of the interior and other administration officials on issues ranging from Indian gaming and tribal trust land acquisitions to Endangered Species Act (ESA) enforcement and national monument designations. During his tenure at DOI, he represented the United States as senior agency counsel on nearly all significant Indian affairs litigation, including affirmative cases brought on behalf of tribes as federal trustee and appellate matters, such as the defense of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Notably, Scherer was further responsible for supporting the DOJ Office of the Solicitor General in more than 10 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, which, over four terms, considered matters involving the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), the ESA, Indian reservation boundary disputes, tribal sovereign immunity, and tribal treaty rights.

Scherer began his legal career working on the Navajo Nation as a staff attorney for DNA-People’s Legal Services, a nonprofit organization that provides access to justice for low-income Native Americans living in the Four Corners region of the United States. He then spent five years at a leading international law firm, where he advised clients on corporate finance transactions and liability management. Scherer is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and is a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is an enrolled member of the Munsee Delaware Nation and a descendent of the Chippewa of the Thames First Nation.

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, today announced the addition of four attorneys and one law clerk to its Mexico City office. Shareholder Jorge Sales Boyoli was previously a founding partner and managing director of Bufete Sales Boyoli, a labor and employment law boutique that he dissolved in joining Littler. He arrives with former Sales Boyoli associates Jesús S. Escárcega Martínez, Erik Daniel García Coronel and Valeria Cutipa Hernández, as well as law clerk Sofia Hernández Gutiérrez.

Boyoli is well-known for advising clients on individual labor litigation, collective matters and procedural labor law, and has handled high-profile union matters in a variety of industries. including electrical utilities, renewable energy, transportation and entertainment. He regularly represents clients in collective contract negotiations, strikes and other matters against some of the country’s largest unions on behalf of major local and international employers.

Boyoli graduated, with special mention, from the law school of the Universidad Panamericana and received a master’s degree in Strategic Management of Human Capital at the Universidad Anáhuac del Sur. He is active in the International Bar Association; the Mexican Institute of Financial Executives; the Mexican Direct Selling Association; and the National Association of Business Lawyers, where he was National Coordinator of the Labor Law Committee. Boyoli regularly speaks and publishes on labor, human resources and management issues.

Boyoli brings with him an experienced team of employment and labor lawyers, including Escárcega who guides clients through various aspects of litigation, from pre-litigation disputes to post-judgement settlements. In addition to advocating for clients in the courtroom, he advises on resolving disputes before litigation arises. García is a litigator and counselor on labor law matters. He counsels employers on litigation strategy, human resources matters, proper labor documentation, benefits and contract negotiations and employee disputes. Cutipa is counselor on labor law matters.

This team’s addition follows the arrival of senior associate Jorge Cerda Chapa to Littler’s Monterrey office in May.