Linklaters today announces the election of 18 new partners and 18 new counsel. The elections take effect on 1 May 2009. In addition, 29 national partners will be joining the equity on 1 May 2009.
The new partners represent eight practices across each of the firm’s three divisions and 11 offices, with two-thirds based outside London. They include six promoted from the role of counsel.
David Cheyne, senior partner at Linklaters, said:
"Our new partners and counsel are an exceptionally talented group of people. On behalf of everyone at Linklaters I would like to congratulate them on their success. The elections and promotions, which reflect the strength and depth of expertise across the firm, highlight our commitment to strategic investment in our global practice areas to meet clients’ needs.”
The new partners are:
Banking
David Ballegeer, Brussels
Ben Crosse, Madrid
Toby Grimstone, London
Danelle Le Cren, New York
Capital Markets
Andrew Vickery, London
Environment & Planning
Chris Staples, London
Financial Markets
Umesh Kumar, Hong Kong
Investment Management
Markus Wollenhaupt, Frankfurt
Mainstream Corporate
Mike Bienenfeld, London
Simon Branigan, London
Arnaud Coibion, Brussels
Tim Johannsen-Roth, Düsseldorf
Kim Latypov, Moscow
Samantha Thompson, Hong Kong
Jiro Toyokawa, Tokyo
Tomasz Zorawski, Warsaw
Private Equity
David Holdsworth, London
Real Estate
Jesus Varela, Madrid
The counsel appointments, which cover 10 practices and 10 offices, recognise the major contribution made by senior lawyers with significant technical expertise who take on additional practice, client, know-how or team management responsibilities, alongside partners in their groups.
