Hogan Lovells Celebrates the New Year with 29 Promotions to Partner and 56 Promotions to Counsel

Press releases | 06 January 2020

LONDON and WASHINGTON, D.C., 6 January 2020 – Global law firm Hogan Lovells today announced that 29 of its people have been promoted to partner effective 1 January across a network of 45+ offices in 24+ countries, spanning Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.

Speaking on the promotions, Hogan Lovells’ CEO Steve Immelt commented:

"Each of these individuals has demonstrated our core values through their hard work, client dedication, leadership behaviors and innovative thinking. Their additions to the partnership are a reflection of our truly global and diverse culture at the firm. The achievements of this talented group reflect the excellent work the firm does in recruiting and retaining the best people in a highly competitive legal marketplace. With that in mind, I am particularly pleased that more than 40 percent of our new partners and new counsel are women. I congratulate all those who were promoted and wish them every success as they continue their career with us.”

Each of Hogan Lovells' five practice groups is represented in the 2020 partner promotions:

Eight in Corporate (including in Transactional, Real Estate, and Tax)
Seven in Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (including in Litigation, Arbitration, Investigations, White Collar and Fraud, and Employment)
Nine in Global Regulatory (including in Communications, Environment and Natural Resources, Medical Device and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Health, International Trade and Investment, Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation, and Financial Services)
Two in Finance (including in Business Restructuring and Insolvency, and Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects)
Three in Intellectual Property, Media and Technology

The additions to the partnership are a reflection of Hogan Lovells' progress as one of the legal world’s only true global law practices. The new partners include:

14 in the Americas, spread across our Baltimore, Denver, Mexico City, New York, Northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C. offices
Eight in the UK and Africa, in our London office
Six in Continental Europe, spread across our Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Munich, Madrid, and Rome offices
One in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, in our Tokyo office.
13 women and 16 men.

In addition to the 29 new partners, 56 of our lawyers have been promoted to Counsel.

Our new Partners are:

Andrea Atteritano, LAE (Litigation), Rome
Fiona Bantock, Corporate (Tax), London
James Black, Global Regulatory (Financial Services Regulatory), London
Carrie A. DeLone, LAE (Litigation), Washington D.C.
Jennifer Dickey, LAE (Litigation), London
Ana Maria Gutiérrez, Global Regulatory (Environment and Natural Resources), Denver
Margaux J. Hall, Global Regulatory (Health Care), Washington, D.C.
Sabrina Handke, Corporate (Real Estate), Munich
George W. Ingham, LAE (Employment), Northern Virginia
Alexander Koch, Corporate (Transactional), Luxembourg
Lina R. Kontos, Global Regulatory (Medical Device and Technology), Washington, D.C.
Tony Lin, Global Regulatory (Communications, Internet and Media), Washington, D.C.
James Maltby, Finance (Business Restructuring and Insolvency), London
Liam Naidoo, LAE (Investigations, White Collar and Fraud), London
Aaron Oakley, Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology, Denver
George O’Brien, Global Regulatory (Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology), Washington, D.C.
Luis Ernesto Peón Barriga, LAE (International Arbitration), Mexico City
Hannah Quarterman, Corporate (Real Estate - Planning), London
Alexander Stefan Rieger, Finance (Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects), Frankfurt
Christian Ritz, Global Regulatory (Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation), Munich
Jonathan Russell, Corporate (Transactional), London
Ignacio Sánchez, LAE (Investigations, White Collar and Fraud), Madrid
Abigail C. Smith, Corporate (Transactional), Washington, D.C.
Jane Summerfield, Global Regulatory (Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology), London
Tomoe Takahashi, Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology, Tokyo
Adriana V. Tibbitts, Corporate (Transactional), Baltimore
Jared R. Wessel – Global Regulatory (International Trade and Investment), Washington D.C.
Gabrielle (Gabi) M. Witt, Corporate (Transactional), Northern Virginia
Ernest Yakob, Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology, New York

Our new Counsel are:

Ryan M. Adrian, Corporate (Transactional), Denver
Christiane Alpers, Corporate (Commercial), Hamburg
Oliver Bäcker, Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology, Dusseldorf
Robert F. Baldwin III, Global Regulatory (Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation), Washington, D.C.
John D. Beck, Finance (Business Restructuring and Insolvency), New York
Alberto Bellan, Corporate (Commercial), Milan
Maria Benbrahim, LAE (Employment), Amsterdam
Nicole Böck, LAE (Litigation), Munich
Christine Borries, Finance (Business Restructuring and Insolvency), Munich
Dele F. Butler, Corporate (Transactional), Washington, D.C.
Scott Campbell, Corporate (Real Estate), Denver
Jordan P. Chase, Finance (Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects), Denver
Shantay Cong, Finance (Banking), Shanghai
Adam A. Cooke, LAE (Litigation), Washington, D.C.
Anneka Dalton, Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology, London
Charles Elliott, Global Regulatory (Financial Services Regulatory), London
Sebastian Faust, Global Regulatory (Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation), Dusseldorf
Marion Fischer, Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology, Munich
Anne W. Fisher, Global Regulatory (International Trade and Investment), Washington, D.C.
Derrik E. Forshee, Corporate (Transactional), Baltimore
Patrick Fromlowitz, Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology, Hamburg
Mauricio Fuchs Tarlovsky, Finance (Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects), Mexico City
Sabrina Gäbeler, LAE (Employment), Frankfurt
James Hewer, Finance (Business Restructuring and Insolvency), Perth
Alex Hohl, LAE (Investigations, White Collar and Fraud), London
Erin J. Howell, Corporate (Transactional), New York
Scott Kaplan, Global Regulatory (Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology), Washington, D.C.
Sarah-Lena Kreutzmann, Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology, Dusseldorf
Lennart Lautenschlager, Finance (International Debt Capital Markets), Frankfurt
Paul Leroy, Corporate (Transactional), Paris
Joyce Leung, LAE (International Arbitration), Hong Kong
Cristina Marin, Finance (Banking Transactional), Paris
Virginia Martínez, LAE (Litigation), Madrid
Soumitro Mukerji, Finance (Banking), Singapore
Jean-Philippe Monmousseau, Corporate (Tax), Luxembourg
Faraz Naqvi, Finance (Banking), London
Michael Penners, LAE (Litigation), Hamburg
Eduardo Pérez, Corporate (Transactional), Madrid
Natalie Psaila, Corporate (Tax), London
Aafke Pronk, Corporate (Transactional), Amsterdam
Thomas P. Schmidt, LAE (Litigation), New York
Tom Smith, LAE (International Arbitration), London
Cecilia Stahlhut Espinosa, Global Regulatory (Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology), Mexico City
Amelia Stawpert, Corporate (Transactional), London
Martin Strauch, LAE (Litigation), Munich
Tobias Strohmeier, Corporate (Real Estate), Dusseldorf
Arpan A. Sura, Global Regulatory (Communications, Internet and Media), Washington, D.C.
Matthew C. Sullivan, LAE (Investigations, White Collar and Fraud), New York
David E. Thiess, Global Regulatory (Health Care), Washington, D.C.
Gauthier Vannieuwenhuyse, LAE (International Arbitration), Paris
Alice Wallace-Wright, Global Regulatory (Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation), London
Danielle Wu, Corporate (Transactional), Singapore
Phoebe Yan, LAE (Investigations, White Collar and Fraud), Shanghai (Hogan Lovells Fidelity)
Andrew S. Zahn, Corporate (Transactional), Washington, D.C.
Felipe Zilly, Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology, Dusseldorf
Astrid Zourli, Finance (Business Restructuring and Insolvency), Paris