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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

 

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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.