Jon Yorke and Akash Sachdeva are New Partners in London Office of Edwards Wildman

BOSTON, Nov. 2 -- Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge issued the following news release:

The law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP is pleased to announce that Jonathan ('Jon') Yorke joined the firm on November 1 as a partner in the Insurance and Reinsurance Department (IRD). Additionally, Akash Sachdeva will begin work in the firm's London office on November 7 as a partner in the Intellectual Property department.

Yorke advises clients in the insurance and banking sectors, with a particular focus on cross-border issues. Experienced in both contentious and non-contentious insolvency and restructuring, he represents clients, including leading insolvency practitioners, in administration and liquidation proceedings, and he advises on solvent and insolvent schemes of arrangement for insurance companies. Yorke comes to Edwards Wildman from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert where he was head of Restructuring and Insolvency. He is joined by associate Matthew Fowler.

Bolstering the firm's growing IP capability in the United Kingdom, Sachdeva is an experienced IP litigator, having acted for major commercial brands and financial institutions before the High Court of London and for a major defense contractor in an international arbitration. He joins Edwards Wildman from Allen & Overy, where he was Of Counsel in the firm's IP Litigation department.

"Our highly regarded insurance and IP departments have been growing at an impressive pace in London and throughout the firm," said Laurence Harris, the partner in charge of Edwards Wildman's London office. "With the arrival of Jon and Akash, we are now in an even better position to address our clients' legal needs in those important sectors. We are delighted that they have opted to come to Edwards Wildman, and we anticipate continued growth in the important UK market."

Yorke and Sachdeva are the seventh and eighth partners to join Edwards Wildman's London office in 2011. They come to the firm shortly after the arrival of Stuart Blythe, who expanded the firm's telecommunications practice; Richard Graham, who launched an IT and outsourcing practice; Charles Proctor, who launched a banking practice; Damian Connolly, a corporate and regulatory partner in the insurance sector; Eero Rautalahti, a capital markets partner; and Niall McAlister, a corporate partner advising clients in the Life Sciences sector.

Edwards Wildman now has more than 100 fee earners in the UK, covering 10 practice areas.

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