Six new partners are made up at the firm’s
Corporate gets four new partners, as does the intellectual property, media and technology (IPMT) practice. Two each come in banking, business restructuring and insolvency (BRI), real estate and employment. Capital markets gets one new partner. Notably, the firm did not promote any new partners in litigation and arbitration.
The total of 18 new partners represents a major drop from last year’s record haul of 31 but is in line with ‘chasing pack’ rivals Herbert Smith and Ashurst, which this year made up 18 and 17 new partners respectively.
Senior partner John Young commented: “The practice areas and jurisdictions represented by these promotions reflect the firm's investment in areas of strategic importance for the long-term development of the firm, as well as recognising the talents of the individuals concerned.”
The promotions are:
Jean-Marc Albiol, employment, Paris;
Matthew Andrews, banking, London;
Patrick Ayad, corporate commercial, Munich;
Gonzalo Gallego, IPMT, Madrid;
Emilio Gomez, real estate, Madrid;
Natalia Gulyaeva, IPMT, Moscow;
Dominic Hill, corporate (financial services), London;
Erik Jamieson, corporate (investment funds), London;
Horace Lam, IPMT, Beijing;
Terence Lau, corporate, Hong Kong;
Paul McLoughlin, BRI, London;
Matthew Morris, BRI, New York;
Daniel Norris, real estate, London;
Michael Pugh, capital markets, Moscow;
Sabine Reimann, real estate, Duesseldorf;
Kerstin Schmidt, employment, Duesseldorf;
Mark Taylor, IPMT, London; and
Piotr Zawislak, banking, Warsaw.
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