Freshfields Promotes 21 Lawyers to Partnership
The firm has maintained a focus on transactional departments, despite the recent drop in activity.
April 20, 2020 at 07:51 AM
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has maintained a large partner promotions round despite the havoc caused by the coronavirus.
The firm has bumped up 21 lawyers to the partnership, eight of whom are based in London. It is very similar to its numbers last year when 22 were promoted, also with eight in London. Both years are a big jump on 2018 when only 12 were promoted.
The firm's new London partners are dispute resolution lawyers Simon Duncombe and Ali Kirby-Harris and transactions lawyers Vincent Bergin, Alastair Brown, Kate Cooper, Rhys Evans, Lindsay Hingston, and Nick Jones.
Despite the drop in M&A in recent months, the firm's global transactions practice has seen the most new partners added, with 11 promoted. Its dispute practice has added six new partners.
The new partner cohort includes four women, down from six last year.
Outside London, the firm has made up two partners partner apiece in its Washington D.C. and New York bases this year.
Other new partners have been appointed to all of the firm's German bases: Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg and Düsseldorf. One new partner will split their time between the firm's Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City offices while another will be dual based in Amsterdam and Brussels.
Freshfields senior partner Edward Braham said in a statement: "Freshfields is delivering expert advice and support to our clients through these uncertain times and these promotions reflect the contribution each of our new partners has made to our clients and our firm.
He added: "We continue to take active steps across the firm to improve diversity around talent from different backgrounds including race, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and social mobility. We know that diverse teams perform better, to the benefit of our clients and the firm."
Freshfields 2020 global partner promotions in full:
Antitrust, Competition and Trade Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum, Washington Paul van den Berg, Amsterdam/Brussels
Dispute Resolution Simon Duncombe, London Ali Kirby-Harris, London Martin Mekat, Frankfurt/Munich Lee Rovinescu, New York Carsten Wendler, Frankfurt Nabeel Yousef, Washington
Global Transactions Vincent Bergin, London Alastair Brown, London Kate Cooper, London Rhys Evans, London Bing Guan, Hong Kong Lindsay Hingston, London Nick Jones, London Kyle Lakin, New York Julia Sellmann, Hamburg/Munich Fedor Teselkin, Moscow Bui Thanh Tien, Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City
People & Reward Ulrich Sittard, Düsseldorf
Tax Philipp Redeker, Düsseldorf
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