Three BCLP London lawyers made up in first post-merger promotions round
The round adds to legacy BLP's promotions made in April before the merger went live
November 15, 2018 at 10:38 AM
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has announced its first post-merger partner promotion round, with just three lawyers made up in its City office.
Legacy Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) London lawyer trio Rebecca Quayle, Alexandra Clough and Louisa Cobbe have been promoted within the 23-strong global round.
Quayle specialises in the aviation sector, while Cobbe focuses on corporate transactions and Clough on construction and engineering claims and disputes.
Legacy BLP promoted five City lawyers earlier this year after it brought forward the round ahead of its merger with legacy Bryan Cave, which went live in April.
The majority of the firm's first promotions round as a merged entity have been made in the US, with 18 lawyers made up: two in Kansas City, four in St Louis, two in New York, two in Denver, one in Los Angeles, one in Dallas, two in Atlanta, two in San Fransisco, one in Phoenix and one in Chicago.
Outside of the US, Moscow-based finance and capital markets lawyer Tatiana Parshak from legacy BLP has also been made up, along with Abu Dhabi legacy BLP real estate lawyer Hazel Shakur Quinn.
The promotion round brings the number of partners firmwide to 576.
Full list of BCLP partner promotions:
- William Brodsky – corporate/real estate, New York
- Amanda Colvin – employment, St Louis
- Shannon Barks – private client, Kansas City
- Michael Cooley – litigation, Dallas
- Louisa Cobbe – corporate, London
- Timothy Davis – commercial litigation and employment, Kansas City
- Faisal Delawalla – corporate, Chicago
- Angelia Duncan – disputes, Atlanta
- Jonathan Fetterly – litigation, San Francisco
- Thomas Lee – litigation, San Francisco
- Jessica Maziarz – litigation, Phoenix
- Tiffany McKenzie – private client, Atlanta
- Matthew Minder – trademarks and copyrights, St Louis
- Tatiana Parshak – finance and capital markets, Moscow
- Laura Perlov – white-collar, Denver
- Courtney J Peterson – litigation, New York
- Rebecca Quayle – asset finance, London
- Hazel Shakur Quinn – real estate, Abu Dhabi
- Joseph Robertson – real estate, St Louis
- Stefani Rothermel – litigation, St Louis
- Alfred Shaumyan – litigation, Los Angeles
- Jason Werner – private equity, Denver
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