DLA Piper is proud to announce that 74 lawyers have been promoted to its partnership. The promotions are effective as of April 1 2022 in the United States and May 1 2022 for EMEA and Asia Pacific. Promotions have been made across all of the firm’s practice areas, spanning 38 offices in 21 countries.
Globally, Corporate saw the largest intake of new partners with 20 promotions, followed by Litigation and Regulatory with 19 promotions and ten in Finance, Projects and Restructuring. Other practice groups included Employment, both with eight promotions, Intellectual Property and Technology with seven, six in Real Estate and four in Tax.
Regionally the United States made the most promotions with 23 new partners, followed by the United Kingdom with 15, 13 across Continental Europe, eight in Latin America, five in Asia and Canada, three in Australia and one each in the Middle East and South Africa.
Of the 74 promotions, 36 were women (49%) clearly demonstrating firm’s commitment to increasing representation across the partnership.
A full list of partner promotions by office and practice is included below.
Simon Levine, Global Co-CEO, commented: “I am thrilled to congratulate our 74 new partners on their promotions. They have shown exceptional talent and have all made notable contributions to the firm’s worldwide growth while actively promoting our values and building our reputation for excellence. I am confident they will continue to accomplish great things and continue to deliver the outstanding levels of dedication and service that our clients are used to. I look forward to supporting and working alongside them on this next chapter of their careers.”
Frank Ryan, Global Co-CEO and Global Co-Chair of the Americas, added: “I welcome each of these passionate, invested and dynamic lawyers to the partnership. They all have embraced our values of being exceptional, collaborative, bold and supportive, and we look forward to their ongoing contributions to our clients, communities and firm.”
