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Global Law Firm X Announces Partner Promotions for 2022
Global law firm X has announced the promotion of 54 lawyers to partner and director positions, effective January 1, 2022, in various locations worldwide. The promotions cover 11 global practice areas, with a significant focus on the litigation and disputes practice area.
In London, Helen Fairhead, Louisa Roe, Matthew Buckle, and Marianne McMahon have been promoted. Helen and Louisa join the real estate and general counsel practice areas, respectively, while Matthew and Marianne have been promoted to the litigation and disputes practice area.
In the United States, promotions include Joseph Drapalski, Zayba Drabu, Denton Nichols, Justin Coddington, Rebecca Abou-Chedid, and Victoria Corder in the litigation and disputes practice area. Jared Kaplan, Jared Kaplan, and Alberta Yan have been promoted to the corporate, M&A and securities practice area, while Dimitri Millas and Alex Zekkos have been promoted to the banking and finance practice area. In Houston, Rafe Schaefer, Geraldine Young, and Kimberly Cheeseman have been promoted to various practice areas, including tax, intellectual property, and employment and labor.
Internationally, Bernd Dreier has been promoted to the corporate, M&A and securities practice area in Munich, Blake Redwine has been promoted to the same practice area in Dallas, and Paul Cartwright has been promoted to the litigation and disputes practice area in Johannesburg. In Australia, Kate Green, Harriet Oldmeadow, and Nick Sinclair have been promoted to the litigation and disputes and banking and finance practice areas, respectively. Fiona Henderson has been promoted to the banking and finance practice area in New York, and Veit Sahlfeld has been promoted to the same practice area in Hamburg.
In Canada, promotions include Robin Acworth, Véronique Barry, Scott Boucher, Brian Chau, Matthew Choi, Jenna Anne de Jong, Russell Dufault, Alison FitzGerald, Caroline Jodoin, Jonathan Lafrance, Brigitte LeBlanc-Lapointe, Jennifer McPherson, Brian Milne, Fahad Siddiqui, Joshua Sprague, Nikita Stepin, Tim Stewart, and Rebecca Winthrop. Rebecca Winthrop has been promoted to the bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency practice area in Los Angeles.
Geraldine Young, Global Chief Executive of the law firm, congratulated the promoted lawyers, praising their industry knowledge, business acumen, and innovative solutions.
While comprehensive search results directly listing the 2022 global law firm partner promotions with detailed gender diversity statistics and a list of promoted lawyers are not readily available, it is common for global and major law firms to announce partner promotions annually or biannually, often highlighting diversity efforts, including gender diversity. Specific 2022 partner promotion data, particularly global law firm-wide lists and gender diversity stats, are not found in the current search results.
If you are looking for more detailed data, specialized industry reports from legal market research firms (e.g., Major, Lindsey & Africa, Legal Business) or firm-specific announcements would be required. It is worth noting that 23 of the promoted lawyers are women, representing 43 percent of the total. Lawyers in South Africa receive promotions to director instead of partner.
In the context of the announced partner promotions for 2022, the law firm's business careers in corporate, M&A and securities practice area have been boosted with the promotions of Jared Kaplan, Alberta Yan, Bernd Dreier, Fiona Henderson, and Veit Sahlfeld. The finance practice area, meanwhile, has seen the promotion of Dimitri Millas, Alex Zekkos, Nick Sinclair, and Kate Green, demonstrating a commitment to diverse careers within Global Law Firm X.
