International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has today announced the election of 14 new partners. The appointments take effect from 1 May 2009.
Joint senior partner Guy Morton comments: ‘I am delighted to welcome this new generation of partners. Their appointments demonstrate our confidence in the exceptional level of global talent within Freshfields and will further strengthen the firm’s international capabilities.’
The new partner appointments include:
Antitrust, Competition and Trade
Michael Han, Beijing
Corporate
Jennifer Bethlehem, London
Wessel Heukamp, Frankfurt
Grace Huang, Hong Kong
Patrick Ko, Dubai
Sebastian Lawson, CEE
Charles-Antoine Leunen, Brussels
Piers Prichard Jones, London
Harald Spruit, Amsterdam
Arend von Riegen, Frankfurt
Dispute Resolution
Reza Mohtashami, Paris/Dubai
Finance
Alexander Glos, Frankfurt
Ana López, Madrid
Intellectual Property/Information Technology
Rutger Kleemans, Amsterdam
Charles-Antoine Leunen
Charles-Antoine Leunen is based in Freshfields’ Brussels office and is a member of the firm’s finance practice. He specialises in banking and finance work, with a particular expertise in investment grade lending, leveraged finance and restructuring transactions. He has also developed a strong practice in project and infrastructure finance and in real estate transactions. He advises international and Belgian corporates and banks on a wide range of transactions.
Charles-Antoine joined the firm in 1999 and worked for over 10 years with our firm. He spent four years as a member of the finance department in our London office and in recent years he has been heading our Brussels finance practice within the corporate group. He speaks Dutch, English, French, German and Spanish.
