Hogan Lovells welcomes the New Year with 28 new partner and 59 new counsel promotions

Press releases | 04 January 2024

LONDON and WASHINGTON, D.C., 4 January 2024 – Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced the promotion of 28 lawyers to partner effective 1 January. The newly promoted partners work in 16 of the firm’s 45 offices across all of the firm’s regions, which span the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Speaking on the promotions, Hogan Lovells’ CEO Miguel Zaldivar said: "I am so pleased to welcome this tremendous group of talented lawyers to our partnership. Clients turn to us for their most complex, high-stakes work across our practices and sectors, and ensuring that we are promoting the next generation of talent is crucial to maintaining the exceptional legal services for which we are recognized around the world. Our newly promoted lawyers reflect our ambitious and supportive culture, and I am delighted to congratulate and thank them for their contributions and commitment to our continued success.”

“It’s particularly encouraging to see that in the UK and U.S. more than a third of this year’s group of new partners and 20% of the newly promoted counsel identify as racially or ethnically diverse. Globally, women comprise 43% of our new partner group. This is in addition to an encouraging pipeline of talent underlining our continued commitment to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of diverse talent.”

Each of Hogan Lovells' practice groups is represented in the 2024 partner promotions:

Eight in Corporate & Finance (including in Banking and Loan Finance, Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Private Equity).
12 in Global Regulatory & IPMT (including in Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation, Financial Services, Government Contracts, Health, International Trade and Investment, Intellectual Property, Media and Technology, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, and Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation).
Eight in Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (including in Employment, International Arbitration, Investigations, White Collar and Fraud, and Litigation).

The additions to the partnership are a reflection of the firm’s global legal practice. The new partners include:

16 in the Americas, spread across our Boston, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices.
Nine in Europe, the Middle East & Africa, spread across our Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Munich, and Rome offices.
Three in Asia-Pacific, in Hong Kong and Singapore.
35% racially/ ethnically diverse*

Our new partners are:

James T. Adams - Corporate & Finance (Banking and Loan Finance) - Washington, D.C. - Private Capital
Jasmeet K. Ahuja - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Philadelphia - Technology and Telecoms
Steve Argeris - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - New York, Washington, D.C. - Sports, Media and Entertainment
Alberto Bellan - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation) - Rome - Technology and Telecoms
Maximilian Broermann - Corporate & Finance (Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects) - Frankfurt - Energy and Natural Resources
Janice Cheng - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (International Arbitration) - Hong Kong - Manufacturing and Industrials
Adam Cooke - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Washington, D.C. - Life Sciences and Health Care
Louise Crawford - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation) - London - Financial Institutions
Michelle Roberts Gonzales - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Employment) - Los Angeles - Life Sciences and Health Care, Sports, Media and Entertainment
Simon Grimshaw - Corporate & Finance (Private Equity) - London - Technology and Telecoms
Stacy M. Hadeka - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Government Contracts) - Washington, D.C. - Aerospace and Defense
James A. Huang - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Health) - Washington, D.C. - Life Sciences and Health Care
Scott Hughes - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - Washington, D.C. - Automotive and Mobility
Moritz Langemann - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Employment) - Munich - Life Sciences and Health Care
David Michaeli - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - New York - Aerospace and Defense
Zohar Nevo - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - Boston - Technology and Telecoms
Alan Ramirez Casazza - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation) - Mexico City - Automotive and Mobility, Consumer
Lukas Ritzenhoff - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Investigations, White Collar and Fraud) - Berlin - Automotive and Mobility, Technology and Telecoms
Jo-Ann Sagar - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Washington, D.C.
Nathan Salminen - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Privacy and Cybersecurity) - Washington, D.C. - Technology and Telecoms
Michael W. Snow - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - Washington, D.C. - Life Sciences and Health Care
Cecilia Stahlhut - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology) - Mexico City - Consumer, Life Sciences and Health Care
Sylvia M. Taslim - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - Singapore - Private Capital
Helen Y. Trac - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - San Francisco - Technology and Telecoms
Caitlin Weeks - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - London - Consumer, Technology and Telecoms
Elena Wiese - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation) - Dusseldorf - Automotive and Mobility
Sarah Wrage - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Financial Services) - Frankfurt - Financial Institutions

Also promoted is Foreign Legal Consultant Ben Kostrzewa - Global Regulatory & IPMT (International Trade and Investment) - Hong Kong - Technology and Telecoms.

In addition, 59 of our lawyers have been promoted to counsel.

Our new counsel are:

Erkang Ai - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Medical Device and Technology) - Philadelphia - Life Sciences and Health Care
Telha Arshad - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation) - London - Technology and Telecoms
Francesco Banterle - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - Milan - Technology and Telecoms
Katharina Bickel - Global Regulatory & IPMT - (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - Munich - Technology and Telecoms
Aldo Boni De Nobili - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - Beijing - Consumer, Energy and Natural Resources
Alessandro Borrello - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Milan - Automotive and Mobility, Life Sciences and Health Care
Tony Brown - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - Northern Virginia - Automotive and Mobility
Lacy G. Brown - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Houston - Energy and Natural Resources
John W. Castle - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Communications, Internet and Media) - Washington, D.C. - Technology and Telecoms
Matt Clark - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Transportation) - Washington, D.C. - Transportation and Logistics
Sean P. Collins - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - Washington, D.C. - Automotive and Mobility
Maria Cristina Conte - Corporate & Finance (Tax, Pensions and Benefits) - Rome - Financial Institutions, Insurance
Drew Cook - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - Washington, D.C. - Life Sciences and Health Care
Chantal van Dam - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Privacy and Cybersecurity) - Amsterdam - Life Sciences and Health Care
Ailsa Davies - Corporate & Finance (Capital Markets) - Paris - Financial Institutions
Juliana De Valdenebro Garrido - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (International Arbitration) - Miami - Energy and Natural Resources, Manufacturing and Industrials
Val Delp - Corporate & Finance (Capital Markets) - Philadelphia - Life Sciences and Health Care
Matthijs Dols - Corporate & Finance (Tax, Pensions and Benefits) - Amsterdam - Private Capital
Zoe Dong - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (International Arbitration) - Hong Kong - Private Capital
William Robinson (né Foubister) - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - London - Financial Institutions
Weston J. Gaines - Corporate & Finance (Capital Markets) - Washington, D.C.
Alexandre G. Giacobbi - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - Paris - Private Capital
Jessica Hanna - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Health) - Washington, D.C. - Life Sciences and Health Care
Michael Jahn - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Investigations, White Collar and Fraud) - Munich - Automotive and Mobility
Karen Jelsma - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Amsterdam - Life Sciences and Health Care
Ahmet Kalafat - Corporate & Finance (Banking and Loan Finance) - Dubai - Financial Institutions
Martin Adrian Koch - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - Dusseldorf - Life Sciences and Health Care
Benedikt Lüthge - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - Hamburg - Technology and Telecoms
Samantha D. Marshall - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Health) - Washington, D.C. - Life Sciences and Health Care
W. David Maxwell - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Washington, D.C. - Life Sciences and Health Care
Stefan Mayr - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Munich - Life Sciences and Health Care
Carlos Meijide - Corporate & Finance (Banking and Loan Finance) - Madrid - Financial Institutions
Margarita Morales - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Madrid - Insurance, Life Sciences and Health Care
Elizabeth A. Och - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Denver - Energy and Natural Resources
Catalina Santos Parkinson - Corporate & Finance (Capital Markets) - Washington D.C. - Real Estate
Roshni Patel - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Privacy and Cybersecurity) - Los Angeles - Financial Institutions
Charlotte Reimers - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - Hamburg - Consumer
Christine Reynolds - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Government Contracts) - Washington D.C. - Aerospace and Defense
Ashley E. Roberts - Global Regulatory & IPMT (International Trade and Investment) - Washington D.C. - Life Sciences and Health Care
Markley Schlegel - Corporate & Finance (Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects) - Washington, D.C. - Energy and Natural Resources
Phillipp Schmidt - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Hamburg - Consumer
Susanne Schuster - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation) - Munich - Automotive and Mobility
Julie Schwartz - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation) - Paris - Life Sciences and Health Care
Max Scott - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - San Francisco - Technology and Telecoms
Emily Sharkey - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - London - Consumer
Anvita Sharma - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Employment) - London - Financial Institutions, Life Sciences and Health Care
Beth Sheehan - Corporate & Finance (Pensions) - London
Brooke Shekhar - Corporate & Finance (Banking and Loan Finance) - Washington, D.C. - Real Estate
Dominik Steghöfer - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Litigation) - Berlin - Automotive and Mobility
Stephen Timbrell - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Financial Services) - London - Financial Institutions
Lewis Turner - Corporate & Finance (Real Estate) - Denver - Real Estate
Sophie Ulrich - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - Dusseldorf - Life Sciences and Health Care
Bastiaan van Rath - Corporate & Finance (Mergers and Acquisitions) - Amsterdam - Financial Institutions, Private Capital
Khushaal (Kush) V. Ved - Litigation, Arbitration and Employment (Investigations, White Collar and Fraud) - Singapore - Life Sciences and Health Care
Mark Vincent - Corporate & Finance (Private Equity) - Singapore - Consumer
Hank Watsky - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - Northern Virginia - Life Sciences and Health Care
Amy Williamson - Corporate & Finance (Private Equity) - London - Private Capital
Antonia Wolf - Corporate & Finance (Banking and Loan Finance) - Frankfurt - Financial Institutions
Roman Würtenberger - Global Regulatory & IPMT (Intellectual Property, Media and Technology) - Dusseldorf - Life Sciences and Health Care