Feb 23 – US law firm Jenner & Block is growing its bench of international arbitration specialists with partner hires in Washington, DC, and London, the firm said Thursday.

Kenneth Beale is joining Jenner from King & Spalding’s Washington office. James Rogers joins from Norton Rose Fulbright in London.

Beale said he represented companies across a range of sectors, including financial services, telecommunications and energy, in arbitration with other companies and governments. He declined to discuss his clients by name.

Rogers has represented Austrian oil and gas company OMV AG in a long-running dispute with the Romanian government over liability

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