Herbert Smith promotes 18 to its partnership
Herbert Smith announced today the promotion of 18 lawyers to its partnership. The promotions take effect from 1 April 2008. From this date, the firm will have a total of 245 partners.
The majority of the partners are based in Herbert Smith's Continental European and Asian offices.
The new partners are:
Alex Aitken, London (finance)
James Baily, London (litigation and arbitration)
Matt Emsley, Hong Kong (corporate)
Gillian Fairfield, London (corporate)
Clare Fielding, London (real estate)
David Gilmore, Tokyo (litigation and arbitration)
Mehdi Haroun, Paris (corporate)
Mark Ife, London (employment, pensions and incentives)
Karen Ip, Beijing (corporate)
Isabelle Michou, Paris (litigation and arbitration)
Stuart Paterson, London (litigation and arbitration)
Kristen Roberts, London (finance)
James Robinson, Tokyo (corporate)
Pierre Nicolas Sanzey, Paris (real estate)
Hubert Segain, Paris (corporate)
Carolyn Sng, Hong Kong (corporate)
Craig Tevendale, London (litigation and arbitration)
Lode Van Den Hende, Brussels (EU/competition)
Please click on the names above to read a more detailed profile of each partner and their practice.
Herbert Smith's senior partner, David Gold, commented:
"This year's promotions will support two of our key strategic priorities, namely strengthening our international capability and further developing the distinctive breadth and balance of our practice. Both are pivotal to our ability to support clients and maintain high activity levels across the range of economic cycles."
Notes to editors
- Herbert Smith LLP is an international legal practice with 1200 lawyers (including over 240 partners) and a network of offices in Europe and Asia. It has a formal alliance with leading German firm Gleiss Lutz and leading Dutch and Belgian firm Stibbe. On 1 April 2005 Herbert Smith became Herbert Smith LLP, a limited liability partnership. www.herbertsmith.com
- For further information please contact Sarah Freeman in the communications team on +44 (0)20 7466 3139 or sarah.freeman@herbertsmith.com
- High-resolution photographs of most of our partners may be downloaded from our website and reproduced for the purposes of reporting on this news release. Visit the resources section of our website at
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