DLA Piper has promoted 46 to partner in its latest US-heavy global promotions round, with promotions in London halving from eight to four.
The 17 US promotions made up the largest portion of the firm’s latest round, although numbers have dropped slightly from 18 in 2016 and 20 in 2015.
In total, there were 17 promotions in the US, nine in the UK, 12 across Continental Europe, four in the UAE, two in China, and a further two in Australia.
Of these promotions, 12 (or 26 per cent) are female.
The nine promoted in the UK include four in London; real estate lawyer Chris Chan, IPT lawyer Patrick Mitchell, litigation and regulatory lawyer Edward Shaw and finance and projects lawyer Richard Skipper.
Elsewhere in the UK, Emma Phillips joined the employment practice in Birmingham, Andrew McIlhinney joined the employment practice in Liverpool. In Sheffield, Mark Keeling will join real estate, Amanda Pilkington will join IPT and David Beech will join corporate.
The general number of promotions has dropped since last year, when there were 12 in total, but is higher than 2015’s nine.
Globally, corporate saw the largest intake of new partners with 10 promotions this year, followed by litigation and regulatory with nine, finance and projects with seven and employment with five. Intellectual property and technology, real estate and tax each had four promotions, whilst there were two in restructuring and one in government affairs.
DLA Piper global co-CEO Simon Levine said: “These lawyers represent the next generation of DLA Piper and their dedication and commitment remains integral to the firm’s success and our continued ability to deliver first class legal advice to our clients.”
The promotions are effective as of 1 January 2017 in the US and 1 May 2017 for EMEA and Asia Pacific.
The promotions, in full:
Europe
Pieter-Paul Terpstra, Corporate, Amsterdam
Radu Balas, Litigation & Regulatory, Bucharest
Eva Einfeldt, employment,Cologne
Guido Kleve, litigation and regulatory, Cologne
Bjorn Enders, Tax, Frankfurt
Sascha Morgenroth, Tax, Frankfurt
Xavier Guzman, finance and projects, Luxembourg
Danilo Surdi, corporate, Milan
Vincenzo La Malfa, finance and projects, Rome
Natalia Vygovskaya, corporate, St. Petersburg
Armin Hendrich, litigation and regulatory, Vienna
Bartosz Matusik, tax, Warsaw
US
John Ducat III, real estate, Atlanta
Daniel Simon, restructuring, Atlanta
Karen Nelson, litigation, Austin, Atlanta
Brian Hochleutner, real estate, Boston
Jessica C. Wilson, litigation, Boston
Jeffrey Musaffi, corporate and securities, Miami
Ryan Moreno, finance, New York
Maruti Narayan, tax, New York
Cathryn Le Regulski, labour and employment, North Virginia
Richard Cruz, intellectual property, Philadelphia
Jon Olsen, corporate and securities, San Diego
Andrew Ramiro Escobar, litigation, Seattle
Tyler K. Hollenback, Corporate & Securities, Seattle
Jennifer Gallo, corporate and securities,Silicon Valley
John M. Nading, Intellectual Property, Washington DC
Christopher Steelman, government affairs, Washington DC
UK
Emma Phillips, employment, Birmingham
Andrew McIlhinney, employment, Liverpool
Chris Chan, real estate, London
Patrick Mitchell, IPT, London
Edward Shaw, litigation and regulatory, London
Richard Skipper, finance and projects, London
Mark Keeling, real estate, Sheffield
Amanda Pilkington, IPT, Sheffield
David Beech, corporate, Sheffield
UAE
Keith Bullen, finance and projects, Dubai
Wissam Dagher, litigation, Dubai
Paul McViety, finance and projects, Dubai
Suzannah Newboult, litigation and regulatory, Dubai
Asia Pacific
Windson Li, tax, Beijing
Vivian Liu, corporate, Beijing
Jock Campbell, Litigation & Regulatory, Perth
Rhys Davies, Finance & Projects, Perth
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