Robert Falkner has joined Reed Smith as a partner in the firm’s Middle East and European commercial disputes group, based in London. Falkner joins the firm from Morgan Lewis, where he was also a partner.

Falkner practices across a wide range of commercial disputes in the domestic and international financial services sectors.

Prior to his stint at Morgan Lewis, Falkner was both the general counsel and director at Cantor Fitzgerald— an international broker-dealer— and eSpeed International.
 
Falkner’s arrival increases the number of partners in Reed Smiths’ Gulf practice to eight across offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.