Global law firm DLA Piper has announced 65 promotions to its partnership. These promotions went into effect this month in the US and Canada, and on May 1 for EMEA and Asia Pacific.
The Corporate practice group has the largest intake of new partners with 19 promotions, followed by 12 in Finance, 13 in Litigation, and six in Real Estate. And other practice groups include Employment (5), Intellectual Property & Technology (5), Tax (3), and Regulatory & Government Affairs (2). And regionally, the US has the highest number of promotions with 23 new partners, followed by Continental Europe with 20 and the UK with 12. Other countries include Canada (5), Ireland (2), and South Africa (2).
The list of partner promotions by office and practice is below:
Continental Europe
DENMARK
Aarhus
— Camilla Bjørslev Paulsen, Litigation & Regulatory
— Lasse Møller, Litigation & Regulatory
Copenhagen
— Mario Fernandez, Tax
— Stefan Westh Wiencken, Corporate
FINLAND
Helsinki
— Satu-Anneli Kauranen, Litigation & Regulatory
GERMANY
Düsseldorf
— Lukas Weidner, Real Estate
Hamburg
— Till Burmeister, Corporate
Munich
— Dr. Christoph Dachner, Corporate
— Hanna Lütkens, Corporate
HUNGARY
Budapest
— Gabor Simon, Finance
ITALY
Rome
— Edoardo Campo, Finance
LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
— Mélody Brunot, Corporate
NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam
— Stefan Spaans, Corporate
NORWAY
Oslo
— Anders Hilt, Real Estate
POLAND
Warsaw
— Michal Gajdus, Intellectual Property & Technology
— Piotr Miller, Corporate
ROMANIA
Bucharest
— Florin Tineghe, Real Estate
SPAIN
Madrid
— Jose Marco, Finance
— Natalia Lopez Condado, Finance
SWEDEN
Stockholm
— David Johansson, Litigation & Regulatory
United Kingdom and Ireland
IRELAND
Dublin
— Orla O’Leary, Employment
— Seán McGrenaghan, Finance
UNITED KINGDOM
Birmingham
— Satnam Singh Sahota, Intellectual Property & Technology
— Siona Spillett, Litigation & Regulatory
Leeds
— Dean Peachey, Real Estate
— Richard McGlasham, Corporate
Liverpool
— Gary Davies, Employment
London
— Danny Westmoreland, Corporate
— Danny McMann, Corporate
— Lorna Edwards, Corporate
— Mark Browne, Litigation & Regulatory
— Victoria Cooper, Litigation & Regulatory
Manchester
— Ben Morton, Finance
— Rob Lyons, Finance
Middle East and Africa
QATAR
Doha
— Mapanza Nkwilimba, Litigation & Regulatory
SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg
— Amy Eliason, Corporate
— Werner Rysbergen, Litigation & Regulatory
North America
CANADA
Calgary
— Bill de Jong, Finance
Montreal
— Carly Meredith, Employment
Toronto
— Christopher Pejovic, Finance
— Michal Kasprowicz, Intellectual Property & Technology
Vancouver
— Struan Robertson, Employment
UNITED STATES
Atlanta
— JJ Gotlieb, Corporate
Austin
— Dan Fabian, Corporate
Baltimore
— Neill Thupari, Litigation
Boston
— John Wei, Tax
— Mary Hagedorn, Real Estate
Chicago
— Jason Veit, Corporate
— Jon Goreham, Real Estate
— Pam Wang, Corporate
Dallas
— Mallory Biblo, Regulatory & Government Affairs
— Todd Mobley, Employment
Houston
— Justin Hewett, Finance
Los Angeles
— Ben Fabens-Lassen, Litigation
— Carlo Ingato, Finance
— Tuan Ngo, Tax
Minneapolis
— Ashley Bailey-Chang, Corporate
New York
— James Manzione, Corporate
— Jon Kinney, Litigation
— Katie Lee, Regulatory & Government Affairs
Philadelphia
— Pierre De Oliveira, Intellectual Property & Technology
— Sam Marll, Corporate
— Tim Pfenninger, Litigation
Wilmington
— Aaron Applebaum, Finance
— Jeff Castellano, Intellectual Property & Technology
KEY QUOTES:
“This year’s cohort joins our firm’s partnership during a time of significant change and opportunity in the global landscape. We are committed to helping our clients navigate these challenges and our 2025 cohort of new partners have been instrumental in delivering this support. We are very proud of them all for achieving this milestone moment in their careers.”
Charles Severs, International Managing Partner and Global Co-CEO
“Our newly promoted partners are focused on helping their clients succeed in today’s rapidly evolving business environment. They collaborate with their colleagues and give back to their communities. We are proud to welcome them to the partnership and look forward to their contributions to the firm.”
Frank Ryan, Americas Chair and Global Co-CEO
