The international law firm continues expanding its presence in California.

International law firm Withers has appointed a “significant” new team of corporate, income tax and estate planning attorneys to join its US practice, which the firm said is a specific focus for strategic growth in 2019. 

Partners Charles Kolstad and S Eva Wolf and associate Kim Jackson have joined the firm in Los Angeles from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp.

Kolstad advises on international, corporate and partnership tax issues and tax controversy cases.

The law firm has expanded its West Coast presence since it opened a Los Angeles office in 2015, hiring a large team from McKenna Long & Aldridge and other firms. Los Angeles-based partner Elizabeth Bawden, estate and charitable gift planning attorney, and Counsel Paul Sczudlo, cross-border and entertainment tax planning attorney, will work alongside the new team, as will similarly focused colleagues across California, the US and Withers' international office network. 

"We are committing our resources to doubling our strengths in the US, and the arrival of Charles, Eva and their team represents a major step forward for our practice in Los Angeles, and a great boost to our West Coast presence more broadly,” Ivan Sacks, Withers' chairman, said.