Globally, our site showcases 54 attorneys as new partners in the year 2022.
A prominent global law firm has announced the promotion of 54 lawyers to partners and directors, effective January 1, 2022. The promotions span 11 practice areas, with a focus on litigation and disputes, corporate, M&A and securities, banking and finance, and employment and labor.
In the United States, Rebecca Winthrop was promoted in the bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency practice area in Los Angeles, while Blake Redwine, Jared Kaplan, and Justin Coddington were promoted in the corporate, M&A and securities practice area in Dallas, New York, and Houston respectively. Nathan Baum and Joseph Drapalski were promoted in the litigation and disputes practice area in Dallas and Los Angeles.
Across the Atlantic, Fiona Henderson and Alex Zekkos were promoted in the banking and finance practice area in New York, while James Lockwood and Geraldine Young were promoted in the litigation and disputes practice area in London. In South Africa, Paul Cartwright received a promotion to director in the litigation and disputes practice area in Johannesburg.
In Asia, Daniel Ng was promoted in the litigation and disputes practice area in Hong Kong, and Rachel Chan was promoted in the corporate, M&A and securities practice area in the same city. Rebecca Abou-Chedid was promoted in the projects practice area in Washington, DC.
The law firm's clients have praised the promoted lawyers for their industry knowledge, business acumen, and innovative solutions. Notably, 23 of the 54 promoted lawyers are women, representing 43 percent of the total.
In addition to these promotions, the firm has also announced the promotion of Kate Green and Harriet Oldmeadow to litigation and disputes in Sydney, Australia. Veit Sahlfeld was promoted in the banking and finance practice area in Hamburg, and Laura Kiwelu was promoted in the projects practice area in London.
Other promotions include Rafe Schaefer and Denton Nichols in the litigation and disputes practice area in Houston, Louisa Roe in the real estate practice area in London, and Claudia Posluschny in the employment and labor practice area in Munich.
Helen Fairhead was promoted in the antitrust and competition practice area in London, while Bernd Dreier was promoted in the corporate, M&A and securities practice area in Munich. In Canada, a group of lawyers were promoted across various practice areas, including Robin Acworth, Veronique Barry, Scott Boucher, Brian Chau, Matthew Choi, Jenna Anne de Jong, Russell Dufault, Alison FitzGerald, Caroline Jodoin, Jonathan Lafrance, Brigitte LeBlanc-Lapointe, Jennifer McPherson, Brian Milne, Fahad Siddiqui, Joshua Sprague, Nikita Stepin, Tim Stewart.
Marianne McMahon was promoted as general counsel in London, and Anna Rudawski was promoted in the information governance, privacy and cybersecurity practice area in New York. Eric Green was promoted in the intellectual property practice area in Austin, and Zayba Drabu was promoted in the litigation and disputes practice area in London.
Darren Smith was promoted in the intellectual property practice area in Houston, and Nicolas Sirtoli was promoted in the corporate, M&A and securities practice area in London. Matthew Buckle was promoted in the litigation and disputes practice area in London, and Dimitri Millas was promoted in the banking and finance practice area in Houston.
Gerry Pecht, the Global Chief Executive of the law firm, congratulated the promoted lawyers on their well-deserved promotions. The firm has a gender diversity target of 40 percent women in its overall partnership, leadership roles, lawyer promotions, lateral additions, and senior business services hires.
Business careers and finance have been recognized in the promotions of several lawyers within the law firm. For instance, Nathan Baum and Joseph Drapalski were promoted in the litigation and disputes practice area in Dallas and Los Angeles respectively, while Fiona Henderson and Alex Zekkos were promoted in the banking and finance practice area in New York. Additionally, Rafe Schaefer was promoted in the litigation and disputes practice area in Houston, and Nicolas Sirtoli was promoted in the corporate, M&A and securities practice area in London. These movements in business and finance demonstrate the firm's commitment to fostering talented individuals in their careers.
