The firm was named to Global Investigations Review’s GIR 30 list, a ranking of the best law firms for complex multijurisdictional corporate investigations.

The firm advised music entrepreneur and producer Jonathan Shapiro, aka Jonny Shipes, in a dispute arising from the sale of Cinematic Music Group, his label and management company, to Interscope Geffen A&M in an eight-figure deal.

The firm advised globally active alternative investment firm AURELIUS on the acquisition by its portfolio company, ZIM Aircraft Seating, of HAECO Cabin Solutions. The acquisition will make ZIM the fourth largest aircraft seat vendor in the world.

Based in the Paris office, Jan will supervise matters principally related to European Union sanctions while Sean will oversee matters principally related to the U.S. from the Washington D.C. office, offering a fully integrated platform for trade matters.

The firm represented UBS Securities, a subsidiary of the Swiss bank UBS, in two Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrations related to SVB Securities’ raid of UBS’s technology investment banking team.

The firm represented leading global aircraft inventory solutions provider DASI in the sale of 50% of the outstanding ownership of DASI, LLC to Marubeni Corporation, a publicly traded Japanese company that is one of the world’s largest trading and investment conglomerates, and related joint venture arrangements.