Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel has refreshed its Paris leadership, elevating a corporate finance and M&A specialist to co-managing partner.

The New York-headquartered firm has appointed partner Dana Anagnostou to the position, which she shares with Renaud Dubois, who had served as the sole managing partner since January 2016.

Anagnostou focuses on cross-border corporate and finance transactions involving French, U.S. and English law. She advises companies and financial services institutions on international M&A deals, with an emphasis on middle-market transactions. 

She has been at Kramer & Levin for over two decades, since joining as an associate in 1999. Prior to that, she was an associate with legacy U.S. firm Rogers & Wells.

"Dana is a highly regarded lawyer, a trusted adviser to clients and colleagues alike, and an experienced leader," Dubois said in a statement. "The timing of her election could not be better, given our rapid growth in recent years."

Kramer Levin's Paris office, which numbers 60 lawyers, has grown nearly 40% since 2016, the firm added. 

The base is the only non-U.S. office for Kramer Levin, which was founded in 1968 and today numbers more than 375 lawyers, according to the firm. It also has an office in Silicon Valley.