Globally, our site showcases 54 lawyers as new partners in the 2022 class.
Global law firm X has announced the promotion of 54 lawyers to partner and director positions, effective January 1, 2022, in various locations worldwide. The promotions cover 11 practice areas, with a focus on litigation and disputes, corporate, M&A and securities, banking and finance, intellectual property, employment and labor, tax, real estate, projects, antitrust and competition, bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency, and information governance, privacy and cybersecurity.
Promotions in Different Regions
In the United States, Victoria Corder was promoted to litigation and disputes in New York, Eric Green to intellectual property in Austin, Joseph Drapalski and James Lockwood to litigation and disputes in Los Angeles and London respectively, Rebecca Abou-Chedid to projects in Washington, D.C., and Nathan Baum and Kimberly Cheeseman to employment and labor in Houston. In addition, Blake Redwine was promoted to corporate, M&A and securities in Dallas, and Anna Rudawski was promoted to information governance, privacy and cybersecurity in New York.
In the United Kingdom, Alex Zekkos was promoted to banking and finance in London, Louisa Roe to real estate in London, and Gerry Pecht, Global Chief Executive of the law firm, praised the promoted lawyers for their industry knowledge, business acumen, and innovative solutions. In Hamburg, Veit Sahlfeld was promoted to banking and finance, and in Munich, Bernd Dreier was promoted to corporate, M&A and securities, while Claudia Posluschny was promoted to employment and labor.
International Promotions
In Canada, Robin Acworth, Veronique Barry, Scott Boucher, Brian Chau, Matthew Choi, Jenna Anne de Jong, Russell Dufault, Alison FitzGerald, Caroline Jodoin, Jonathan Lafrance, Brigitte LeBlanc-Lapointe, Jennifer McPherson, Brian Milne, Fahad Siddiqui, Joshua Sprague, Nikita Stepin, Tim Stewart were promoted in various practice areas in Calgary, Quebec, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Montreal. In South Africa, lawyers receive promotions to director instead of partner, and Paul Cartwright was promoted to litigation and disputes in Johannesburg.
In Hong Kong, Rachel Chan was promoted to corporate, M&A and securities, and Daniel Ng was promoted to litigation and disputes. In London, Helen Fairhead was promoted to antitrust and competition, and Laura Kiwelu was promoted to projects. In Munich/London, Annabelle Wheeler was promoted to litigation and disputes. In Houston, Dimitri Millas was promoted to banking and finance, and Rafe Schaefer, Denton Nichols, and Geraldine Young were promoted to litigation and disputes. In London, Zayba Drabu was promoted to litigation and disputes.
Gender Diversity in Promotions
Twenty-three of the 54 promoted lawyers are women, representing 43% of the total. This is a positive step towards increasing gender diversity at senior levels in law firms, which remains a challenge. Firms are actively working on gender strategies to boost senior-level gender equity by 2025, including setting targets and promoting men’s involvement in gender equity conversations.
Industry-wide calls for greater transparency and transformative change to improve diversity, including LGBTQ+ inclusion, gender diversity, and broader equity initiatives, are increasing. These aim to dismantle persistent barriers to partnership and leadership roles, and international Women’s Day 2025 themes and law-firm initiatives emphasize accelerating action to achieve gender equality in the legal profession, including career advancement at the partner level, through committees and firm-wide programs focused on supporting women lawyers and leaders.
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