Global, 27 June 2012 – Baker & McKenzie today announced the election of 63 new partners across the leading global law firm worldwide, bringing the total number of partners in the Firm to 1,400*. The promotions take effect 1 July 2012.
The Firm also reported that it has added more than 50 lateral partners in key practice areas and jurisdictions over the past year. These partners support clients in corporate, M&A, compliance, securities and tax, among other practices. Growth also came from the opening of new offices in Johannesburg, South Africa; Istanbul, Turkey; and Doha, Qatar.
“We have responded with confidence to client demands for more senior and experienced counsel from their outside law firms,” said Eduardo Leite, Chairman of Baker & McKenzie’s Executive Committee. “The election of 63 partners reflects our continuing commitment to be a client-driven, performance-based firm. Clients want greater value, and with the growth of our partner ranks, we continue to be well-equipped to respond to that expectation.”
The newly elected partners are:
Asia Pacific (28)
Susan Beaumont (Jakarta) – Employment**
Pierre Chan (Hong Kong) – Tax
Iqbal Darmawan (Jakarta) – Securities**
Miguel Galvez (Manila) – Dispute Resolution
Anna Gamvros (Hong Kong) – IT & Communications
Nont Horayangura (Bangkok) – Intellectual Property
Hao-Ray Hu (Taipei) – Banking & Finance
Anna (Li-Jung) Hwang (Taipei) – Dispute Resolution
Clara Ingen-Housz (Hong Kong) – Antitrust & Competition
Muhammad Karnova (Jakarta) – Energy, Mining & Infrastructure
Winton Kim (Hong Kong) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Angeline Lee (Singapore) – Intellectual Property**
Simon Leung (Beijing) – Banking & Finance
Ean Mac Pherson (Tokyo) – Energy, Mining & Infrastructure
Kei Matsumoto (Tokyo) – Intellectual Property; IT & Communications
Daniel Middleton (Melbourne) – Energy, Mining & Infrastructure
Philippa Murphy (Melbourne) – Dispute Resolution
Enzo Pan (Taipei) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Theerapab Punyasakhon (Bangkok) – Banking & Finance
Bulin Sanooj (Bangkok) – Corporate; Energy, Mining & Infrastructure
Howard Shiu (Taipei) – Employment
Panya Sittisakonsin (Bangkok) – Tax
Benja Supannakul (Bangkok) – Banking & Finance
Allen Tan (Singapore) – Tax
Aek Tantisattamo (Bangkok) – Tax
Dominic Wai (Hong Kong) – Dispute Resolution
David Walter (Sydney) – Dispute Resolution
Hsian Siong Yong (Kuala Lumpur) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Europe, Middle East & Africa (20)
Christian Atzler (Frankfurt) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Michael Bartosch (Munich) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Geert Bovy (Brussels) – Trade & Commerce
Emily Carlisle (London) – Corporate
Mariëlle Daudt (Amsterdam) – Employment
Morvarid Dorkhan (Stockholm) – Antitrust & Competition
Marcin Fijalkowski (Warsaw) – Intellectual Property
Alexander Fischer (Zurich) – Banking & Finance; Mergers & Acquisitions
Alexander Gomonov (Moscow) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Anne-Catherine Hahn (Zurich) – Dispute Resolution
Heiko Haller (Frankfurt) – Dispute Resolution
Rodolfo La Rosa (Rome) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Franz Clemens Leisch (Munich) – Corporate
Holger Lutz (Frankfurt) – IT & Communications
Philipp Maier (Vienna) – Employment
Nick O'Donnell (London) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Juan Rodes (Barcelona) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Lynn Rosell-Rowley (London) – Banking & Finance
Mireia Sabate (Barcelona) – Employment
Laetitia Ternisien (Paris) – Employment
Latin America (6)
Juliana Assis (São Paulo) – Tax***
Gledson Campos (São Paulo) – Dispute Resolution***
Jorge Gutierrez (São Paulo) – Mergers & Acquisitions***
Mirco Hilgers (Santiago) – Energy, Mining & Infrastructure
Felipe Lamb (Porto Alegre) – Mergers & Acquisitions***
Mariana Vito (São Paulo) – Tax***
North America**(9)
Sarah Harris (Chicago) – Corporate & Securities
Kirsten Malm (San Francisco/Palo Alto) – Tax
Lee McIntyre (Houston) – Corporate & Securities
Julia Medynskaya (New York) – Tax
John Paek (New York) – Tax
Jennifer Partee (Chicago) – Employment
W. Barton Rankin (Dallas) – Intellectual Property
Aaron Rice (Chicago) – Corporate & Securities
Sarah Winston (Chicago) – Real Estate
*count includes equity and non-equity partners
**elections were effective January 1, 2012
***partners elected by Trench, Rossi e Watanabe, associated with Baker & McKenzie International