Mayer Brown announced today that is has elevated 65 lawyers. The group comprises 39 lawyers who have been promoted to partner, and 26 who have attained the position of counsel.
The lawyers represent 11 practice areas and 16 offices. Consistent with the firm’s strategic focus, the practices that saw the largest number of promotions include Banking & Finance, Corporate & Securities and Litigation & Dispute Resolution. Geographically, the Chicago, London and New York offices saw the largest number of promoted lawyers. The promotions are effective January 1, 2022.
“We congratulate our newly elevated lawyers on their professional success,” said Jon Van Gorp, global chair of Mayer Brown. “This talented group of lawyers crosses multiple practice areas and geographies and certainly demonstrates that even in light of the challenges of the last 18 months, they continue to deliver superior legal service.”
Those elevated to partner are:
- John R. Ablan, Corporate & Securities, Chicago
- Adam G. Arnett, Corporate & Securities, Chicago
- Allison M. Aviki, Intellectual Property, New York
- Abigail M. Bartine, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Chicago
- Matthew Bisanz, Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement, Washington DC
- Jean-Maxime Blutel, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Paris
- Amanda Streff Bonner, Intellectual Property, Chicago
- Electra Callan, Corporate & Securities, London
- Michael V. (Vince) Cangolosi, Corporate & Securities, Houston
- Paul A. Chandler, Corporate & Securities, Chicago
- Wayne K. W. Cheng, Real Estate Markets, Hong Kong
- Nicolas Danan, Tax Transactions & Consulting, Paris
- Alexander G. Davis, Real Estate Markets, Los Angeles
- Meir Dominitz, Banking & Finance, New York
- Tyler R. Ferguson, Restructuring, Chicago
- Wilson Y. W. Fung, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Hong Kong
- Robert W. Hamburg, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, New York
- Elspeth Hansen, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Northern California
- Stephanie M. Hurst, Corporate & Securities, Los Angeles
- James Kelly, Tax Controversy, New York
- Brian L. Kuhl, Banking & Finance, Chicago
- Glenn G. Kunkes, Banking & Finance, Charlotte, NC
- Stephen Moi, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, London
- Jamie R. Netznik, Restructuring, Chicago
- Andrew Papworth, Banking & Finance, London
- Niketa K. Patel, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, New York
- Tarun Patel, Corporate & Securities, London
- Christopher Pochon, Corporate & Securities, Chicago
- Sean Prior, Banking & Finance, Singapore
- Arthur S. Rublin, Banking & Finance, New York
- Priscilla Santos, Banking & Finance, São Paulo, Brazil
- Gustavo Scheffer da Silveira, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, São Paulo, Brazil
- Daniel M. Scher, Banking & Finance, New York
- Saqib J. Siddiqui, Intellectual Property, Washington DC
- Dr. Jan Streer, Corporate & Securities, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Kitty Swanson, Tax Transactions & Consulting, London
- Sanjiv J. Tata, Corporate & Securities, New York
- Jonathan W. Thomas, Intellectual Property, New York
- Michael W. Weigel, Corporate & Securities, Chicago
The 26 new counsel are:
- Hsuen W. H. Chan, Corporate & Securities, Hong Kong
- João Luiz Cople, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Alexei Döhl, Banking & Finance, Frankfurt, Germany
- Ryan H. Ferris, Corporate & Securities, Chicago
- Teresa Fitzgibbon, Legal Risk Management, London
- Edouard Gergondet, Government & Global Trade, Brussels, Belgium
- Maria Carolina Gelmetti Gimenez, Real Estate Markets, São Paulo, Brazil
- David J. Goett, Tax Transactions & Consulting, Northern California
- Martin W. Goodlett, Banking & Finance, Chicago
- Anna Gouvea, Banking & Finance, São Paulo, Brazil
- Ranjit J. Hakim, Corporate & Securities, Chicago
- Marcel Hörauf, Banking & Finance, Frankfurt, Germany
- Caroline R. Jensen, Banking & Finance, Chicago
- Allan J. MacQuarrie, Real Estate Markets, Charlotte, NC
- Marla L. Matusic, Corporate & Securities, New York
- Scott A. McMurry, PhD, Intellectual Property, New York
- Marion Minard, Banking & Finance, Paris
- Victoria Newbold, Legal Risk Management, London
- Marine Ollive, Corporate & Securities, Paris
- Prairie Y. Pe, Real Estate Markets, Hong Kong
- Xiaowen Qian, Real Estate Markets, Northern California
- Christopher G. Smith, Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement, Washington DC
- Rachel A. Smith, Government & Global Trade, Chicago
- Luciana Sodré, Corporate & Securities, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Lauren Theodoulou, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, London
- Alan F. Velasco, Corporate & Securities, Northern California
Mayer Brown is a global law firm. It has offices in 26 cities across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, with its largest offices being in Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York City, Hong Kong, and London. Mayer Brown has more than 1,700 lawyers and by revenue is the 19th largest law firm in the world.
