Mr Kartheiser is becoming chair of the Global Project Finance practice. He will in future be joined by Bruno Soares who has built up a large Brazil practice and who will move to Sao Paolo when he gets regulatory approval. The third member of the team that is transferring from A&O is Cathleen McLaughlin who is based in New York and will stay there. She was head of the A&O New York office's international capital markets group and has a focus on Latin America. 

Energy

Seth Zachary, Paul Hastings chair, said: 'This investment complements our strategy to build and extend our leading finance, capital markets and energy-related practices, including in Latin America, where the firm has made significant and successful investments.' Source: Paul Hastings