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Team profilesJAMES A WATTERSPartnerLondon+44(0)20 7814 8119jwatters@wfw.comSpecialisation: asset finance, trade finance and bankingtransactionsSUMMARYJames Watters joined Watson, Farley & Williams in 1992 as a Partner, dealing with abroad range of asset finance, trade finance and banking transactionsMICHAEL KENNYPartnerLondon+44 (0)20 7814 8042mkenny@wfw.comSUMMARYMichael Kenny is a Partner in the London office of Watson, Farley & Williams. Hespecialises in international banking and asset finance, with a particular focus on structuredtrade and commodity finance and export finance. He is admitted in England and Wales(1978) and in Hong Kong (1986).He has extensive international experience, having worked as a lawyer in the Middle East(Bahrain), in Hong Kong and in New York, where he was the resident English partner atthe firm’s New York office from 1995 to 1997. Michael is also experienced in acting formultilateral credit agencies, including International Finance Corporation, AfricanDevelopment Bank and African Export-Import Bank18
CELIA GARDINERPartnerLondon+44 (0)20 7814 8000cgardiner@wfw.comSUMMARYCelia Gardiner qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and spent the early part of her career atNorton Rose, specialising in banking, insolvency and debt restructuring. She worked forfive years as a partner at Richards Butler (now Reed Smith Richards Butler) where shedeveloped a particular interest in trade and commodities finance, working as part of amarket leading international energy, trade and commodities team. She joined Watson,Farley and Williams as a partner in January 2008. Her practice consists principally ofinternational trade and commodities finance in which she acts for banks, non banklenders, commodities houses and trade borrowers. Clients include BHP Billiton, FortisBank NV, HSBC Private Bank plc, Lloyds TSB, Europe Arab Bank plc, Persia InternationalBank plc and Intesa Sanpaolo. She also continues to work on corporate debt restructuringand insolvencies, with particular expertise in the insurance sectorANDREW SAVAGEPartnerLondon+44 (0)20 7814 8000asavage@wfw.comSUMMARYAndrew Savage qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and became a Partner at Watson Farley &Williams in 2004. He was appointed Head of Litigation in 2007 and specialises incommercial and finance disputes and international arbitration. He has acted on severallarge scale cases involving cross border issues and regarding the relationship betweenarbitration and court proceedings within and across states. He has also acted for and19
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