Taylor Wessing and Addleshaw Goddard Announce Partner Promotions
The promotion round includes a firm first for Addleshaws, who has made up innovation head Kerry Westland
April 09, 2019 at 08:27 AM
3 minute read
Taylor Wessing and Addleshaw Goddard are the latest firms to announce their annual partner promotions round, with five new partners made up at Taylor Wessing in the U.K. and eight partners for Addleshaws globally – including one non-lawyer.
Taylor Wessing has promoted five new partners in its U.K. practice this year, including three women, all from the firm's London office. The firm has not yet announced its international promotions, which it intends to do this summer, according to a firm spokesperson.
Taylor Wessing managing partner Shane Gleghorn said in a statement: "I am pleased to confirm this year's partner and senior counsel promotions. We are fortunate to be surrounded by creative, ambitious and dedicated lawyers who push the boundaries and are eager to succeed. All those promoted reflect the firm's diverse range of talent across sectors and practice areas."
Taylor Wessing also promoted six of its lawyers to senior counsel.
Addleshaws has promoted eight partners in total across the firm's U.K. and Middle East offices, including three women, with six in the U.K., one in Qatar and one in Oman.
Addleshaws has also made up its head of innovation and legal technology, Kerry Westland, who has become the firm's first ever former paralegal to make partner.
Senior partner at Addleshaws Charles Penney said in a statement: "I am delighted to congratulate these talented individuals who have been promoted to partner. Each has already made a strong contribution to the firm, and in their roles as partners they will play an important role in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions and deliver great value for our clients."
Last year Addleshaws promoted nine new partners, also split between the firm's U.K. and Middle East offices.
Taylor Wessing new U.K. partners:
- Alexander Erksine – private client
- Lauren Fendick – real estate
- Adam Rendle – IP and media
- Alexandra Richardson – corporate technology
- Amy Patterson – restructuring and insolvency
Addleshaw Goddard new partners:
- James Law – Qatar, corporate and commercial
- Al Mangan – U.K., corporate and commercial
- Jennie Chilton – U.K., banking
- Nick Ashcroft – U.K., litigation
- Jamie Kellick – Oman, litigation
- Lucy Butterworth – U.K., real estate
- Joe Maitland – U.K., real estate
- Kerry Westland – U.K., intelligent delivery (innovation)
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
Apple Subsidiaries in Belgium and France Sued by DRC Over Conflict Minerals
2 minute read
DLA Piper, Heuking & Other Key Moves as German Legal Market Reshuffles Ahead of 2025
2 minute readTrending Stories
- 1The Key Moves in the Reshuffling German Legal Market as 2025 Dawns
- 2Social Media Celebrities Clash in $100M Lawsuit
- 3Federal Judge Sets 2026 Admiralty Bench Trial in Baltimore Bridge Collapse Litigation
- 4Trump Media Accuses Purchaser Rep of Extortion, Harassment After Merger
- 5Judge Slashes $2M in Punitive Damages in Sober-Living Harassment Case
Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
