DLA Piper is proud to announce that 67 lawyers have been promoted to its partnership. The promotions are effective as of April 1, 2020 in the United States and May 1, 2020 for EMEA and Asia Pacific. The promotions have been made across many of the firm's practice areas in 35 different offices throughout 13 countries.
Across the firm's practices globally, Corporate saw the largest intake of new partners with 19 promotions, followed by Litigation and Regulatory with 15. Intellectual Property and Technology and Finance and Projects had ten and eight promotions respectively, while there were six in Real Estate. Tax and Employment both had four, and there was one in Restructuring.
In total, there were 33 promotions in the United States, three in Canada, one in Latin America, 12 across Continental Europe, 11 in the United Kingdom, two in Asia and five in Australia. A full list of partner promotions by office and practice is included below.
Simon Levine, Global Co-CEO of DLA Piper, commented: "We are pleased to announce the promotion of 67 new partners across the firm. We have a strong pipeline of talent, and nurturing and promoting our people is central to our values and strategy of providing the best client service. These accomplished new partners have shown that embracing radical change and being a trusted business adviser is at the heart of our commitment to clients, and I would like to congratulate all of them on their promotions."
Jay Rains, Global Co-CEO and Global Co-Chair of the Americas, added: "Each of our new partners have consistently demonstrated exceptional business and legal acumen as well as a highly successful track record serving clients across industries and doing so in collaborative fashion with colleagues from across the global firm. We have ambitious plans for the future and I look forward to our new partners leading the way in their new roles, continuing to build our practice and strengthening our values. I am delighted to welcome them to the partnership and look forward to working with them all."
