McDermott Will & Emery hires Amy Frey as partner

McDermott Will & Emery hires Amy Frey as partner

McDermott Will & Emery has hired Amy Frey from King & Spalding as a partner in Paris.

Frey primarily practices in international arbitration and associated enforcement actions, including supportive litigation procedures such as injunctions, annulments and interim relief. She also advises on investor-state disputes and risk management.

In the present role, Frey will work alongside existing Paris disputes partner Nicholas Faguer.

Frey has joined McDermott having spent her entire career at K&S, which she joined in 2006. She made partner in 2016, the same year that she was admitted to the Paris Bar.

With experience spanning investment and commercial arbitrations across all the major institutions including the Paris-based ICC, she has acted in cases before the ICSID, the LCIA and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, among others. She also advises on public international law and international human rights, which she has studied to doctorate level.

Frey said she was impressed by McDermott's commitment to the Paris office, first established in 2012, which she said had become "strongly established" locally. "I am looking forward to the opportunity to develop the arbitration practice in France, a practice that is strong in the firm's other offices, and to contribute to the development of the litigation practice internationally,' she added.