John Matson, Partner at Arthur Cox, Elected Chair of Lex Mundi
Houston, Texas (PRWEB) May 05, 2016 -- John Matson of Arthur Cox, Lex Mundi member firm for Ireland and Northern Ireland, was elected Chair of Lex Mundi by the organization’s Board of Directors during the 2016 Lex Mundi Leadership Summit and Annual Meeting in Berlin. Lex Mundi is the world’s leading network of independent law firms with 160 member firms and more than 21,000 lawyers worldwide.
Mr. Matson, a corporate partner in the Dublin office of Arthur Cox, leads one of the firm’s M&A groups and currently serves on the firm’s Management Committee. He has served on Lex Mundi’s Board of Directors since 2012.
"I am honored to serve as the Chair of Lex Mundi," said Mr. Matson. “I have been actively involved in the organization for some time and look forward to increasing the visibility of Lex Mundi and its member firms and to demonstrating the strength of Lex Mundi as an unparalleled resource and network of top-tier firms around the globe for handling complex cross-border transactions and disputes for international clients.”
Lex Mundi’s Board of Directors also elected Sebastian Iribarne of Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal (Argentina) to the position of Chair-Elect, Tiziana Sucharitkul of Tilleke & Gibbins, (Thailand) to the position of Secretary, and Benjamin Haglund of Day Pitney LLP (USA, New Jersey) to the position of Treasurer.
Alexander Ritvay, Partner at Noerr LLP (Germany) and Keith Wetmore, Chair Emeritus of Morrison & Foerster LLP (USA, California) will serve on the Lex Mundi Executive Committee along with Mr. Matson, Mr. Iribarne, Ms. Sucharitkul, Mr. Haglund, Paulo Rocha, Partner at Demarest Advogados (Brazil), the out-going Chair, and Carl Anduri, Lex Mundi’s President.
At the same Annual Meeting, the membership elected four new directors to the Lex Mundi Board of Directors: Don Douglas of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (Canada, Manitoba), Angella Castille of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (USA, Indiana and USA, Minnesota), Katsuyuki Yamaguchi of Nishimura & Asahi (Japan), and Mr. Wetmore. They will serve four-year terms.
About Lex Mundi
Lex Mundi is the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in 100+ countries. Lex Mundi member firms offer clients preferred access to more than 21,000 lawyers worldwide – a global resource of unmatched breadth and depth. Each member firm is selected on the basis of its leadership in – and continued commitment to – its local market. The Lex Mundi principle is one independent firm for each jurisdiction. Firms must maintain their level of excellence to retain membership within Lex Mundi.
Through close collaboration, information-sharing, training and inter-firm initiatives, the Lex Mundi network is an assurance of connected, on-the ground expertise in every market in which a client needs to operate. Working together, Lex Mundi members are able to handle seamlessly their clients’ most challenging cross-border transactions and disputes.
Member law firms are located throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and North America. Through Lex Mundi’s nonprofit affiliate, the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, members also provide pro bono legal assistance to social entrepreneurs around the globe.
For more information, please visit http://www.lexmundi.com and http://www.lexmundiprobono.org.
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Kathleen Pope-Sance, Lex Mundi, +1 713-328-4521, [email protected]
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