Hughes Hubbard M&A Chair Avner Bengera Heads to Baker Botts (1)

Baker Botts is bringing on the global chair of Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s mergers and acquisitions group Avner Bengera to co-head its cross-border M&A practice in New York.

Bengera focuses on public and private M&A, private equity, joint ventures, distressed assets transactions. He also has expertise in cross-border deals, frequently working on transactions involving clients in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

He’s “an ideal fit” for the firm’s growth strategy in New York and its global M&A practice, John Martin, Baker Botts managing partner, said in a statement. His career of high-profile, cross-border and U.S. transactions “will help raise our ...