Taylor Wessing promotes 19 lawyers to its partnership

30-Apr-2008  | 

Taylor Wessing is delighted to announce the promotion of 19 new partners across its network of offices with effect from 1 May 2008. Six of the 19 lawyers are located in the London office, bringing the number of UK partners to 104.  Nine lawyers come from the firm's German offices, while the remaining four are located in the Paris office.  This takes the number of Taylor Wessing partners worldwide to 280.
   
The new partners are:

  • Omleen Ajimal Corporate Tax; London
  • Anne-Laure Fonade Real Estate; Paris
  • Ingo Gerdes Reconstruction & Corporate Recovery; Dusseldorf
  • Dr. Axel Godron Corporate; Munich
  • Andrew Goodman Private Client; London
  • Dr. Gisbert Hohagen Intellectual Property; Munich
  • Dr. Armin Hutner Real Estate; Munich
  • Dr. Dietrich Kamlah Intellectual Property; Munich
  • Dr. Lilian Klewitz-Haas Corporate; Munich
  • Laurence Lapeyre Corporate; Paris
  • Gareth Morgan Intellectual Property; London
  • Marc Alexander Müller Employment; Hamburg
  • Sam Nichols Construction; London
  • Dr. Alexander Peinze Real Estate; Hamburg
  • Anne Perrin Intellectual Property/IT; Paris
  • Emmanuelle Porte Corporate; Paris
  • Russell Van Praagh Corporate; London
  • Robert Vidal Competition; London
  • Dirk Wieddekind Intellectual Property; Hamburg

Taylor Wessing's Managing Partner in the UK, Michael Frawley comments:

"It is with great pleasure that I welcome our new partners.  In what has been a difficult financial climate, their respective promotions send a positive message to the market that our practice continues to grow steadily in our key strategic areas of corporate, real estate and intellectual property."

Dr Wolfgang Rehmann and Arnaud de Senilhes, Managing Partners of Taylor Wessing in Germany and France respectively, comment:

"Like Michael, we are delighted to welcome these 19 lawyers to the Taylor Wessing partnership. Every one of these lawyers has been promoted on their own merits, having demonstrated their ability to grow and develop their respective practice areas and the firm at large."

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For more information please contact Claire Treacy at Taylor Wessing:

Tel:    +44 (0)20 7300 4925
Email:    c.treacy@taylorwessing.com

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