International law firm Bird & Bird has appointed 21 partners, 3 Senior Counsel, 30 Counsel and 3 Legal Directors in its annual global promotion round. All are effective from May 2022.
Graeme Maguire, Chair of the Board, Bird & Bird says: “On behalf of the Board, I’d like to wish a huge congratulations to each of these individuals around our network on being promoted to partner and counsel. Our ‘one firm’ collaborative culture is such a crucial part of the firm’s DNA and each of these individuals really embodies that in everything they do. I am very much looking forward to continuing to support each of them to achieve their individual ambitions and our collective firm-wide ambitions - allowing us to be Bird & Bird, but better.”
Christian Bartsch, CEO, Bird & Bird says: “My warmest congratulations to everyone promoted today. This is one of the largest promotion rounds we’ve ever had and I’m really pleased to see so many across our international network stepping forward into senior roles. I look forward to working with each one of you more closely as we strategically grow the firm together.”
Partner:
Benjamin Wuebbelt – Regulatory & Administrative, Dusseldorf
Berend van der Eijk – Commercial, The Hague
Christian Lindenthal – IP, Munich
Diana Purdy – Employment, Hong Kong
Elizabeth Dunn – Commercial, London
Florian Hoffmann – Commercial, Hamburg
Ivan Kisely – Commercial, Bratislava
Jae Park – IP, London
Jessica Derocque – Finance & Financial Regulation, Paris
Johannes Wirtz – Finance & Financial Regulation, Frankfurt
Jonathan Goldsworthy – Employment, London
Kimberly Wells – Commercial, London
Lauren Pagé – Commercial, London
Marianne Nawroth – Corporate, Frankfurt
Mika Puurunen – Corporate, Helsinki
Nicolas Carbonnelle – Regulatory & Administrative, Brussels
Pin-Ping Oh – IP, Singapore
Shaun Lee – Dispute Resolution, Singapore
Simon Assion – Commercial, Frankfurt
Tobias Bräutigam – Commercial , Helsinki
Toby Bond – IP, London
Senior Counsel:
Elie Kaufman – Real Estate, Frankfurt
Jutta Rath – Commercial, Frankfurt
Lea Mackert – Commercial, Dusseldorf
Counsel:
Adriano D’Ottavio – Data Protection, Milan#
Anna Maria Horschik – Commercial, Dusseldorf
Annapaola Schino – Finance & Financial Regulation, Milan
Annarita De Carne – Tax, Milan
Artur Stosio – Corporate, Warsaw
Audrey Lim – IP, Singapore
Benjamin Karcher – Employment, Dusseldorf
Bridget Goh – IP, Singapore
Céline Gasser – Dispute Resolution, Lyon
Christoph Hendel – Commercial, Dusseldorf
Daniel Misch – IP, Dusseldorf
Debora Stella - Data Protection, Milan
Jonathan Kao – Corporate, Singapore
Josefina Aalto – Finance & Financial Regulation, Helsinki#
Julia Bittdorf – Dispute Resolution, Frankfurt
Julia Praeger – IP, Dusseldorf
Kathrin Kruse – Employment, Dusseldorf
Loren Leung – Commercial, Singapore
Marcel Nurk – Corporate, Munich
Marine Besson – Corporate, Lyon
Marta Stanislawska - Finance & Financial Regulation, Warsaw
Moritz Schroeder – IP, Dusseldorf
Niklas Fels – IP, Munich
Nils Lölfing – Commercial, Dusseldorf
Olga Koszewska - Finance & Financial Regulation, Warsaw
Olivier Peronnau – Corporate, Paris
Peter van Gemert – IP, The Hague
Paulina Grotkowska – Employment, Warsaw
Simon Söderholm – Employment, Stockholm
Tok Li – Corporate, Hong Kong
Legal Director:
Emma Drake – Commercial, London
Jennifer Bird – Finance & Financial Regulation, London
Yuichi Sekine – Employment, London