WFW promotes Christian Orton to counsel

Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has promoted Christian Orton to counsel in the assets & structured finance, aviation and energy group based in Tokyo. Orton has experience in asset, project and corporate finance transactions and related restructurings. His asset finance practice focusses on the aviation and maritime sectors where he represents lenders, lessors, charterers, investors and operators on structured financing, leasing, chartering and purchase and sales arrangements. His project finance practice focusses on energy and power infrastructure where he represents international and Japanese clients. The firm also promoted seven other lawyers to counsel. ""I am delighted to see eight such talented lawyers promoted to counsel,"" said WFW managing partner Lindsey Keeble. ""Their impressive and varied expertise alongside that of our recently promoted partners, highlights the quality and depth of legal talent at WFW across our core sectors of energy, infrastructure and transport."" The other lawyers include Arianna Neri (corporate in Rome), Charlotte Williams (real estate, energy in London), Jan Mommsen (assets & structured finance, maritime in Hamburg), Nerina Erasmus (corporate in London), Sylvia Shi (dispute resolution, maritime in Hong Kong), Tram Nguyen (projects, energy and infrastructure in Hanoi), and Valentina Keys (environment, health & safety in London).