DLA Piper Announces Partnership Promotions for 2018
DLA Piper announces that 62 lawyers have been promoted to its partnership. The promotions are effective as of April 1, 2018, in the United States and May 1, 2018, for EMEA and Asia Pacific. The promotions were made across many of the firm’s practice areas in 42 different offices throughout 20 countries.
Across the firm’s practices globally, Litigation and Regulatory saw the largest intake of new partners with 16 promotions, followed by Corporate with 14 promotions. Tax and Finance and Projects both had eight. Real Estate and Intellectual Property and Technology had six and four promotions respectively, while there were three in Employment, two in Government Affairs and one in the firm’s US Office of General Counsel.
In total, there were 19 promotions in the United States, six in Canada, ten in the United Kingdom, 18 across Continental Europe, two in Asia, two in Latin America, two in the Middle East, two in Australia and a further one in South Africa. A full list of partner promotions by office and practice is included below.
Simon Levine, Global Co-CEO of DLA Piper, commented, “I would like to congratulate all of our lawyers who have been promoted to partners this year. This round of promotions brings to our partnership another highly talented group from across the world who represent the quality, breadth and depth of DLA Piper and are vital to the continued success of our business.”
Jay Rains, Global Co-CEO, added, “We are delighted by the promotion of this talented, diverse group of top-caliber lawyers. Their client work and importance to the firm are now a foundational part of our ongoing success and our ability to evolve to meet the challenges of the market, and they will play a key role in our delivery of legal services of the highest quality and value to our clients around the world. We look very forward to their ongoing contributions.”
Full list of partners by office:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Michiel Coenraads, Litigation and Regulatory
Leen van der Marel, Real Estate
Atlanta, United States
Jeremy Corcoran, Corporate
Austin, United States
Rebecca McKnight, Government Affairs
Baltimore, United States
Kathleen Birrane, Litigation and Regulatory
Thomas Grace, Tax
Bangkok, Thailand
Don Rojanapenkul, Litigation and Regulatory
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Phillip Kelly, Litigation and Regulatory
Boston, United States
Brian Awe, Real Estate
Andrew Sroka, Finance and Projects
Brussels, Belgium
Laurent De Surgeloose, Employment
Bucharest, Romania
Alina Lacatus, Corporate
Calgary, Canada
Ryana Mather, Corporate
Chicago, United States
Ferlillia Roberson, Intellectual Property and Technology
Dubai, UAE
Richard Hughes, Corporate
Jamie Ryder, Intellectual Property and Technology
Edmonton, Canada
Veronica Monteiro, Corporate
Frankfurt, Germany
Christian Lonquich, Real Estate
Carlos Robles y Zepf, Corporate
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Christina Loh, Corporate
Houston, United States
Grayson Stratton, Litigation and Regulatory
Johannesburg, South Africa
Janine Simpson, Litigation and Regulatory
Kyiv, Ukraine
Illya Sverdlov, Tax
Lisbon, Portugal
Vanessa Antunes, Litigation and Regulatory
London, United Kingdom
Chris Arnold, Corporate
Joel Cooper, Tax
Randall Fox, Tax
Steven Krivinskas, Finance and Projects
Christina Lawrence, Litigation and Regulatory
Kelly Lovegrove, Tax
Peter Lowe, Real Estate
Bryony Robottom, Finance and Projects
Los Angeles, United States
Andrew Hoffman, Litigation and Regulatory
Madrid, Spain
Juan Gelabert, Finance and Projects
Ricardo Plasencia, Corporate
Miami, United States
Chad Ehrenkranz, Corporate
Milan, Italy
Alessandro Ferrari, Intellectual Property and Technology
Alessandro Martinelli, Tax
Davide Rossetti, Litigation and Regulatory
Minneapolis, United States
Poonam Kumar, Corporate
Moscow, Russia
Philip Lamzin, Finance and Projects
New York, United States
Evan Parness, Employment
Northern Virginia, United States
Joe Davis, Office of General Counsel
Paris, France
Myriam Mejdoubi, Real Estate
Theobald Naud, Litigation and Regulatory
Perth, Australia
Alyson Eather, Finance and Projects
Philadelphia, United States
Brian Robinson, Litigation and Regulatory
Phoenix, United States
Jared Jensen, Corporate
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Luiz Augusto Osorio, Corporate
São Paulo, Brazil
Carolina Marcondes Sant’Angelo, Corporate
Seattle, United States
Kate Lucente, Intellectual Property and Technology
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Alastair Clough, Litigation and Regulatory
Silicon Valley, United States
SeoJung Park, Tax
Sydney, Australia
Eddie Ahn, Tax
Toronto, Canada
Russel Drew, Finance and Projects
Leslie Frattolin, Employment
Vancouver, Canada
Morgan Burris, Litigation and Regulatory
Michael Mjanes, Real Estate
Warsaw, Poland
Andrzej Balicki, Litigation and Regulatory
Tomasz Rudyk, Litigation and Regulatory
Washington DC, United States
Brad Jorgensen, Government Affairs
David Ridenour, Finance & Projects
