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Global Law Firm Announces 54 Partner and Director Promotions
In a significant move, global law firm XYZ has announced the promotion of 54 lawyers across various practice areas and locations, effective January 1, 2022.
The promotions cover 11 practice areas, with the litigation and disputes practice area leading with 18 lawyers, followed closely by corporate, M&A and securities with 10. The other practice areas include banking and finance (9), intellectual property (4), employment and labor (3), tax (3), real estate (2), projects (2), antitrust and competition (1), bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency (1), and information governance, privacy and cybersecurity (1).
One of the notable promotions is Claudia Posluschny, who has been promoted in the employment and labor practice area, based in Munich. Similarly, Victoria Corder, Eric Green, Geraldine Young, Rebecca Abou-Chedid, Rafe Schaefer, Justin Coddington, Alex Zekkos, Veit Sahlfeld, Annabelle Wheeler, Blake Redwine, Matthew Buckle, Darren Smith, Daniel Ng, Nicolas Sirtoli, Jared Kaplan, Alberta Yan, Rebecca Winthrop, Bernd Dreier, Helen Fairhead, Louisa Roe, Anna Rudawski, and Kimberly Cheeseman have been promoted in their respective practice areas, based in various locations.
The promotions also include lawyers from Australia, South Africa, and Canada. For instance, in Australia, Kate Green, Harriet Oldmeadow, and Nick Sinclair were promoted in litigation and disputes and banking and finance respectively. In South Africa, Paul Cartwright received a promotion to director instead of partner, based in Johannesburg. In Canada, a significant number of lawyers were promoted in various practice areas, including Robin Acworth, Veronique 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.
Dimitri Millas and Zayba Drabu were promoted in the banking and finance practice area, based in Houston, United States and London, United Kingdom respectively. Denton Nichols, Joseph Drapalski, and Nathan Baum were promoted in the litigation and disputes practice area, based in Houston, United States, Los Angeles, United States, and Dallas, United States respectively.
Lastly, Marianne McMahon was promoted as general counsel, based in London, United Kingdom.
Gerry Pecht, Global Chief Executive of XYZ, congratulated the promoted lawyers, highlighting their industry knowledge, business acumen, and innovative solutions. Comprehensive global statistics specifically for law firm partner promotions in 2022 by practice area and gender representation are not directly available in the retrieved search results. However, some relevant insights can be summarized, such as partner compensation averaging around $1.12 million in the US, with variations influenced by practice area, firm size, and location.
For detailed 2022 global law firm partner promotion statistics by practice area and gender representation, specialized industry reports, such as those from Major, Lindsey & Africa, or law business intelligence firms, would typically be required but were not found in these search results.
The promotions at global law firm XYZ include lawyers from the banking and finance practice area, such as Dimitri Millas and Zayba Drabu. In addition, several lawyers in various business areas have been promoted, like Denton Nichols, Joseph Drapalski, and Nathan Baum from the litigation and disputes practice area.
