New US entrant Michelman Robinson boosts City bench with Linklaters hire

London’s newest American law firm, Michelman Robinson, has added a new partner to its City ranks, hiring former Linklaters senior associate Harry Dimoulis as it continues to build out its London offering.

Dimoulis joins the firm’s commercial and business litigation practice, bringing experience in cross-border disputes, collective actions and competition litigation.

He trained at Linklaters and spent his entire career at the Magic Circle firm, advising financial institutions, technology companies and global businesses on commercial disputes.

London build-out

Michelman Robinson is still a relatively unknown name in the UK market but made headlines with a London launch in September, opening its first international office with a ten-lawyer corporate crime and investigations team drawn from City firms including Addleshaw Goddard and Eversheds Sutherland.

London is the firm’s first overseas office - a notable step for a US firm that sits outside the top 200 by revenue and has just 41 partners globally, according to its website, nine of whom are now based in London.

The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles and also has offices across the US in Irvine, New York, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco and Chicago.

Dimoulis joins fellow litigation and arbitration partners Daniel Burbeary and Akshay Sewlikar in London, as the firm continues to shape a disputes-led offering aimed at financial services and international clients.

Firm chair and co-founder Sanford Michelman said Dimoulis would be "a key plank" of the London litigation practice as the firm builds a "cutting-edge" disputes platform for the finance sector.