Photo: Mike Scarcella/ALMDLA Piper Promotes 67 Lawyers to Partner In Sweeping Global Round
It is the firm's second largest round in a decade.
April 30, 2020 at 10:15 AM
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DLA Piper has appointed 67 lawyers to the firm's partnership across 35 offices in more than a dozen countries in its latest promotional round.
The round is the firm's second largest in a decade, following last year's bumper crop of 77 promotions. In 2018, the firm also appointed 62 new partners.
The U.S saw the highest number of promoted lawyers, with 33 additions. Meanwhile U.K. lawyers made up 11 of the total, including six based in London.
The figure for the U.K. is up from last year when the firm made up just eight lawyers.
Elsewhere the firm made up 12 partners across continental Europe as well as five in Australasia, three in Canada, two in Asia and a single partner in the Latin America region.
Commenting on the promotions, Simon Levine, global co-CEO of DLA Piper, said: "We have a strong pipeline of talent, and nurturing and promoting our people is central to our values and strategy of providing the best client service.
"These accomplished new partners have shown that embracing radical change and being a trusted business adviser is at the heart of our commitment to clients, and I would like to congratulate all of them on their promotions."
Corporate saw the largest intake of new partners with 19 promotions, followed by litigation and regulatory with 15. Intellectual property and technology had ten new partners apiece while finance and projects had eight promotions respectively.
There were also six new partners in real estate, four in tax and employment and a single new addition to the restructuring practice.
DLA Piper is the latest to press ahead with partner promotions despite the coronavirus pandemic. Clifford Chance, Stephenson Harwood, Irwin Mitchell and Charles Russell Speechlys have all recently announced promotional rounds.
Meanwhile both Simmons & Simmons and Ashurst have postponed partnership promotions in light of the pandemic.
Full list of partners by office:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Khaled Dadi, Intellectual Property and Technology
- Janet Meesters, Litigation and Regulatory
Atlanta, United States
- Forrest Neal, Corporate
Austin, United States
- Brent Bernell, Corporate
- Kevin Nolan, Corporate
- Pieratt, Real Estate
Baltimore, United States
- Ben Schuman, Litigation and Regulatory
Beijing, China
- Reking Chen, Intellectual Property and Technology
Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Robert Newman, Corporate
Boston, United States
- Katie Insogna, Litigation and Regulatory
- Mark Tang, Real Estate
Brussels, Belgium
- Orestis Omran, Litigation and Regulatory
Calgary, Canada
- Jennifer Arndt, Finance and Projects
Chicago, United States
- Brooke Kerendian, Finance and Projects
- Jeffrey Zanchelli, Finance and Projects
- Victoria (Vicky) Richter, Employment
- Katie Hausfeld, Litigation and Regulatory
- Joseph (Joe) Roselius, Litigation and Regulatory
- Katie Jahnke Dale, Real Estate
Dallas, United States
- Skye Smith, Corporate
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Carolyne Hair, Real Estate
Helsinki, Finland
- Salla Tuominen, Corporate
Houston, United States
- Allissa Pollard, Litigation and Regulatory
Leeds, United Kingdom
- Amar Maan, Corporate
Lisbon, Portugal
- Gonçalo Castro Ribeiro, Finance and Projects
London, United Kingdom
- Tim Baumgartner, Corporate
- Katherine Gibson, Employment
- Joel Eytle, Employment
- Neil Campbell, Finance and Projects
- Imran Syed, Intellectual Property and Technology
- Jeremy Sher, Litigation and Regulatory
Manchester, United Kingdom
- Christopher Wilson, Corporate
Miami, United States
- Rachel Nanes, Restructuring
Milan, Italy
- Christian Iannaccone, Corporate
- Giampiero Priori, Finance and Projects
New York, United States
- Stephen Alicanti, Corporate
- Kira Mineroff, Finance and Projects
- John Murphy, Finance and Projects
- Garrett Kennedy, Employment
- Naftali Dembitzer, Tax
- Witold Jurewicz, Tax
Oslo, Norway
- Jonas Aartun, Tax
- Helge Neraal, Real Estate
- Fredrik Verling, Litigation and Regulatory
- Line Voldstad, Litigation and Regulatory
Philadelphia, United States
- Brad Phipps, Corporate
Phoenix, United States
- Kevin Criddle, Corporate
- Stephanie King, Corporate
San Diego, United States
- Patrick O'Malley, Corporate
- Melissa Reinckens, Intellectual Property and Technology
Santiago, Chile
- Mauricio Halpern, Corporate
Seattle, United States
- Mel Wheaton, Corporate
- Chris Feldman, Tax
Shanghai, China
- Kelvin Chen, Litigation and Regulatory
Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Mick Lawlor, Litigation and Regulatory
Silicon Valley, United States
- Jennifer Lee, Corporate
- Erik Fuehrer, Intellectual Property and Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
- Anna Jussil Broms, Intellectual Property and Technology
Sydney, Australia
- Adrian Tan, Corporate
- Greg Bodulovic, Intellectual Property and Technology
- Carmen Elder, Litigation and Regulatory
- Jonathon Ellis, Litigation and Regulatory
- Kate Pickthall, Real Estate
Toronto, Canada
- Bentley Gaikis, Intellectual Property and Technology
Vancouver, Canada
- Rebecca von Rüti, Litigation and Regulatory
Washington, DC, United States
- Alexander Tuneski, Intellectual Property and Technology
- David Kramer, Intellectual Property and Technology
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