Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 20 to partnership 

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills announced the promotion of 20 lawyers to its global partnership. The promotions take effect on 1 May, 2016.

Demonstrating the firm’s commitment to investing in its global network of offices and creating a diverse partnership, the appointments cover 11 offices, with 10 partners based in the UK and EMEA region, and 10 in Asia-Pacific, including 4 in key markets in Asia. Six of this year’s partner promotions are women.

The new partners are focussed on supporting the firm’s clients in core practices and sectors including corporate, disputes, employment, pensions & incentives, energy, finance, M&A, projects and real estate.

The new partners and their principal areas of practice are:

UK and EMEA

Silke Goldberg – Corporate, London

Stephen Newby – Corporate, London

Caroline Rae – Corporate, London

John Taylor – Corporate, London

John Corrie – Disputes, London

Mike McClure – Disputes, Dubai

Moritz Kunz – EPI, Frankfurt

Laure Bonin – Finance, Paris

Robert Carr – Real Estate Finance, London

Shona Grey – Real Estate, London

Asia-Pacific

Nick Baker – Corporate, Melbourne

Dongho Lee – Corporate, Seoul

Vik Tang – Corporate, Jakarta

Zhong Wang – Corporate, Beijing

Brad Strahorn – Disputes, Sydney

Rohan Doyle – EPI, Brisbane

Katie Gray – Finance, Singapore

Laura Sheridan Mouton – Finance, Sydney

Kristen Percy – Projects, Sydney

Chris Skordas – Project Finance, Melbourne

Sonya Leydecker, Joint CEO, commented:

“This round of promotions brings to the partnership another highly-talented group of new partners who are vital to the success of our business. Drawn from around our global network, they reflect our continued investment in developing our market-leading offering across geographies, products and sectors.”

Mark Rigotti, Joint CEO, added:

“I am delighted that once again a significant number of our new partners are women, underlining our commitment to working towards our target of a 30% female partnership by 2019.”

Source: Herber Smith Freehills

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