Mayer Brown expands International Arbitration practice in Singapore

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Jannes Wegner joins Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice at Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown announced today that leading international arbitration partner, Kay-Jannes Wegner, has joined its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Singapore, along with senior associate, Edern Coënt. Both join from Kim & Chang in South Korea, where Mr. Wegner was a senior member of that firm’s international & cross-border litigation practice and head of its European arbitration desk.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, as an English and German qualified lawyer, Mr. Wegner practiced international arbitration at leading international law firms in London and Singapore. Mr. Coënt is a New York and French qualified lawyer who has worked in Paris, Hong Kong and Seoul, including at the Secretariat of the ICC Court of Arbitration.

With more than two decades of experience as a high-profile international arbitration practitioner, Mr. Wegner represents Asian and European clients across a broad spectrum of international arbitration cases, including construction and infrastructure disputes, as well as energy and defense-related arbitrations. He also sits as an arbitrator in ICC and Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) cases.

Source: Mayer Brown