Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills announced today the promotion of 21 lawyers to its global partnership. The promotions take effect on 1 May, 2017.
Demonstrating the firm's commitment to investing in its global network of offices and creating a diverse partnership, the appointments cover 8 offices, with 12 partners based in the UK and EMEA region, and 9 in Asia-Pacific. Six of this year's partner promotions are women.
This year is the first time there is a partner promotion in Alternative Legal Services (ALT). Libby Jackson, Global Head of ALT, has been promoted to the firm's partnership.
This promotion round follows the promotions in December 2016 of five new partners in Australia, from the firm’s global project finance, projects and environment & planning teams.
The new partners are focussed on supporting the firm's clients in core practices and sectors including corporate, disputes, employment, pensions & incentives, finance, projects, real estate, energy, TMT and banks.
The new partners and their principal areas of practice are:
UK and EMEA
Greig Anderson – Disputes, London
Rachel Campbell – Finance, Paris
Paul Chases – Real Estate, London
David Coulling – Corporate, London
Reza Dadbakhsh – Corporate, London
Javier de Carvajal – Disputes, Madrid
Nish Dissanayake – Corporate, London
Libby Jackson – ALT, London
Rachel Lidgate – Disputes, London
Nick May – Finance, London
Donny Surtani – Disputes, London
Christopher Theris – Corporate, Paris
Asia-Pacific
Nick Carney – Projects, Sydney
Hannah Cassidy – Disputes, Hong Kong
Glynn Cooper – Corporate, Kuala Lumpur
Peter Davis – Corporate, Sydney
Jon Evans – Finance, Melbourne
Tania Gray – Disputes, Sydney
Clayton James – Corporate, Sydney
Fatim Jumabhoy – EPI, Singapore
Miles Wadley – Finance, Melbourne
Mark Rigotti, CEO, commented:
"I would like to congratulate our new partners on their promotions. They are all highly-talented lawyers who represent the quality, breadth and depth of Herbert Smith Freehills around the world and demonstrate our ongoing investment in our business."
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