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Freshfields welcomes 30 new partners
Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has announced the appointment of 30 new partners with effect from 1 May 2023.
The new partners are drawn from all of the firm’s market-leading practices and reflect the breadth and depth of Freshfields’ global expertise. The group brings diverse experience, skills and insights to the partnership.
Freshfields’ Senior Partner Georgia Dawson said: “We’re delighted to welcome these talented colleagues to join our global partnership. They all bring varied experience and insight and deliver fantastic outcomes for our clients. With the addition of these new partners, we continue to strengthen our global offering and our efforts to deliver long-term success for the firm around the globe.”
The full list of new partners is set out below:
Antitrust, Competition and Trade
Rikki Haria, London
Jenny Leahy, London
Dispute Resolution
Stephanie Brown Cripps, New York
Dan Cendan, New York
Brock Dahl, Washington
Cat Greenwood-Smith, London
Amani Khalifa, Riyadh/Dubai
Laura Knoke, Berlin/Hamburg
Federico Mercuri, Rome
José Luis Prieto, Madrid
Emma Probyn, London
Lutz Riede, Vienna/Düsseldorf
James Roberts, London
Samantha Tan, Singapore
Elisabeth Weber, Munich
Global Transactions
Rachael Annear, London
Elizabeth Bieber, New York
Toby Bingley, London
Scott Blumenkranz, Silicon Valley
Mark Brewer, London
Tom Godwin, London
Steffen Kleefass, Frankfurt
Maximilian Lasson, Munich
Jenny McIvor, London
Tomoko Nakajima, Tokyo
Verena Nosch, Munich
Andy Robinson, London
Marie Roche, Paris
People & Reward
Sarah Ghulamhussain, Silicon Valley
Tax
Tanja Walter-Yadegardjam, Frankfurt
Notes to Editors
Biographies and photos available on request.
Representation statistics:
Gender: 53% women, meaning we continue to be on track to meet our gender diversity targets for new partners.
Race/ethnicity: 18% of our UK and US new partners have self-identified as part of an under-represented group meaning we continue to be on track to meet both our US (20%) and UK (15%) racial/ethnic diversity targets for new partners.
