Dechert white-collar duo made up as three London lawyers make partner
US firm promotes three London lawyers to partnership in 16-strong round
December 05, 2018 at 12:19 PM
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Dechert has announced one of its largest-ever promotions rounds, with 16 lawyers made up around the world, including three in London.
Two of the London promotions are in the US firm's City white-collar crime practice, with Matthew Banham and Timothy Bowden (pictured right) made up alongside tax lawyer Daniel Hawthorne (pictured below right).
Last year, the firm made just one London promotion – financial services lawyer Mikhaelle Schiappacasse – in an eight-strong round.
Outside of the US, two other Europe-based lawyers have been promoted – Paris corporate lawyer Anne-Charlotte Riviere and Brussels arbitrator Erica Stein – while corporate specialist Yang Wang has made the grade in Hong Kong.
The other 10 new partners are spread across the US firm's domestic offices in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago and Washington DC.
The promotions will take effect from 1 January 2019.
Andrew Levander, chair of the firm's policy committee, said: "We are extremely proud to welcome these talented lawyers into Dechert's partnership. This is one of the largest classes of new partners that the firm has ever created, and underlines our commitment to strategic growth in our key markets."
London management committee member Jason Butwick added that the promotions reflected "the firm's commitment to London and its importance to the firm".
Recent hires for the firm in London have included Roger Burlingame, a former senior US federal prosecutor who joined from Kobre & Kim; former Sidley Austin global litigation co-head Dorothy Cory-Wright, who joined as head of commercial litigation in London; and corporate partner Robert Darwin, who moved over from Hogan Lovells.
Dechert 2019 partner promotions in full
- Matthew Banham (pictured right) – white-collar crime (London)
- Timothy Bowden – white-collar crime (London)
- Matthew Carter – corporate and securities (Washington DC)
- Michael Darby – corporate and securities (Philadelphia)
- Christopher Desmond – finance and real estate (Boston)
- Darshak Dholakia – international trade (Washington DC)
- Matthew Fischer – finance and real estate (New York)
- Sam Gilbert – finance and real estate (Boston)
- Gennady Gorel – finance and real estate (Philadelphia)
- Daniel Hawthorne – tax (London)
- Angela Liu – securities litigation (Chicago)
- Stephen Pratt – corporate and securities (Philadelphia)
- Anne-Charlotte Riviere – corporate and securities (Paris)
- Erica Stein – international arbitration (Brussels)
- Jonathan Stott – corporate and securities (Philadelphia)
- Yang Wang – corporate and securities (Hong Kong)
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