Norton Rose Snatches Partner from BCLP, Promotes Eight in London
London's newest partners are comprised in a 47-strong global promotions round.
January 08, 2020 at 05:06 AM
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Norton Rose Fulbright has hired a partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) to lead its planning practice, according to a person with knowledge of the move.
Sarah Fitzpatrick is set to become the firm's new planning practice head, stepping into a role left vacant by former head of planning Duncan Field, who last year left Norton Rose for planning boutique law firm Town Legal. Fitzpatrick joins from BCLP where she spent 18 years, according to her LinkedIn profile.
She was promoted to partner in 2016, with a practice focused on planning, regeneration, and compulsory purchase schemes, acting for clients including real estate developer Sellar on its developments of The Shard and the News Building.
The firm has also has equaled its 2019 London promotions round by making up eight lawyers to its partnership in the city this year.
This year, the London lawyers making the cut are banking and finance lawyers Daniel Cowdy, Alexandra Dunn, Daniel Giemajner, Richard Green, and Matthew Thorn; litigation lawyer Charlie Weston-Simons; pensions lawyer Shane O'Reilly; and corporate lawyer Christopher McCarthy.
Worldwide, the firm made up a total of 47 lawyers—an improvement of one on last year—eight of whom were based in London.
A spokesperson for BCLP said in a statement: "While a number of partners have recently left the London office, quite a few of them were retiring from legal practice altogether. It is always sad when partners leave our firm, but we also recognise that this is part and parcel of the normal course of business in a firm of our size and we wish them well."
Norton Rose Fulbright global partner promotions 2020 in full:
- Ka-Chi Cheung (corporate, M&A and securities, Melbourne)
- Helen Macpherson (intellectual property, Sydney)
- Deanne Ogilvie (real estate, Sydney)
- Jonathon Turner (bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency, Sydney)
- Bernie Walrut (bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency, Sydney)
- Maya Angenot (dispute resolution and litigation, Montreal)
- Alison Babbitt (banking and finance, Ottawa)
- Thomas Collopy (corporate, M&A and securities, Calgary)
- Catherine Daigle (intellectual property, Montreal)
- Carole Diop (intellectual property, Montreal)
- Vincent Filiatrault (corporate, M&A and securities, Montreal)
- Michèle Friel (banking and finance, Montreal)
- Jenya Hammond (projects, Vancouver)
- Christopher Horte (banking and finance, Vancouver)
- Éric Lallier (employment and labor, Montreal)
- Andrew McCoomb (dispute resolution and litigation, Toronto)
- Kelly Moffet-Burima (dispute resolution and litigation, Calgary)
- Stephen Nattrass (dispute resolution and litigation, Ottawa)
- Trevor Zeyl (corporate, M&A and securities, Toronto)
- Constanze Bandilla-Dany (dispute resolution and litigation, Hamburg)
- Janelene Chen (banking and finance, Singapore)
- Luigi Costa (banking and finance, Milan)
- Daniel Cowdy (banking and finance, London)
- Alexandra Dunn (banking and finance, London)
- Bernhard Fiedler (banking and finance, Frankfurt)
- Sue Ann Gan (banking and finance, Singapore)
- Daniel Giemajner (banking and finance, London)
- Richard Green (banking and finance, London)
- Jurriaan Jansen (corporate, M&A and securities, Amsterdam)
- Christopher McCarthy (corporate, M&A and securities, London)
- Shane O'Reilly (pensions, London)
- Torsten Sauer (corporate, M&A and securities, Luxembourg)
- Tim Schaper (antitrust and competition, Hamburg)
- Matthew Thorn (banking and finance, London)
- Charlie Weston-Simons (dispute resolution and litigation, London)
- Kim Caine (regulation and investigations, Washington, DC)
- Stephanie DeBrow (intellectual property, Austin)
- Caileen Kateri Gamache (projects, Washington, DC)
- John Herring (dispute resolution and litigation, Dallas)
- Luke Maher (dispute resolution and litigation, St. Louis)
- Purvi Maniar (corporate, M&A and securities, St. Louis and New York)
- Trevor Pinkerton (corporate, M&A and securities, Houston)
- Rachel Roosth (dispute resolution and litigation, Houston)
- Henry Stark (corporate, M&A and securities, Dallas)
- Gerald Stein (antitrust and competition, New York and Washington, DC)
- Richard Susalka (projects, New York)
- Peter Tipps (dispute resolution and litigation, Houston)
- Richard Wright (tax, New York)
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