Mayer Brown elevates 65 lawyers worldwide on January 1

Mayer Brown announced today that is has elevated 65 lawyers. The group comprises 39 lawyers who have been promoted to partner, and 26 who have attained the position of counsel.

The lawyers represent 11 practice areas and 16 offices. Consistent with the firm’s strategic focus, the practices that saw the largest number of promotions include Banking & Finance, Corporate & Securities and Litigation & Dispute Resolution. Geographically, the Chicago, London and New York offices saw the largest number of promoted lawyers. The promotions are effective January 1, 2022.

“We congratulate our newly elevated lawyers on their professional success,” said Jon Van Gorp, global chair of Mayer Brown. “This talented group of lawyers crosses multiple practice areas and geographies and certainly demonstrates that even in light of the challenges of the last 18 months, they continue to deliver superior legal service.”

Those elevated to partner are:
 
Adam G. Arnett, Corporate & Securities, Chicago

Allison M. Aviki, Intellectual Property, New York

Abigail M. Bartine, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Chicago

Matthew Bisanz, Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement, Washington DC

Jean-Maxime Blutel, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Paris

Amanda Streff Bonner, Intellectual Property, Chicago

Electra Callan, Corporate & Securities, London

Michael V. (Vince) Cangolosi, Corporate & Securities, Houston

Paul A. Chandler, Corporate & Securities, Chicago

Wayne K. W. Cheng, Real Estate Markets, Hong Kong

Nicolas Danan, Tax Transactions & Consulting, Paris

Alexander G. Davis, Real Estate Markets, Los Angeles

Meir Dominitz, Banking & Finance, New York

Tyler R. Ferguson, Restructuring, Chicago

Wilson Y. W. Fung, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Hong Kong

Robert W. Hamburg, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, New York

Elspeth Hansen, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Northern California

Stephanie M. Hurst, Corporate & Securities, Los Angeles

James Kelly, Tax Controversy, New York

Brian L. Kuhl, Banking & Finance, Chicago

Glenn G. Kunkes, Banking & Finance, Charlotte, NC

Stephen Moi, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, London

Jamie R. Netznik, Restructuring, Chicago

Andrew Papworth, Banking & Finance, London

Niketa K. Patel, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, New York

Tarun Patel, Corporate & Securities, London

Christopher Pochon, Corporate & Securities, Chicago

Sean Prior, Banking & Finance, Singapore

Arthur S. Rublin, Banking & Finance, New York

Priscilla Santos, Banking & Finance, São Paulo, Brazil

Gustavo Scheffer da Silveira, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, São Paulo, Brazil

Daniel M. Scher, Banking & Finance, New York

Saqib J. Siddiqui, Intellectual Property, Washington DC

Dr. Jan Streer, Corporate & Securities, Düsseldorf, Germany

Kitty Swanson, Tax Transactions & Consulting, London

Sanjiv J. Tata, Corporate & Securities, New York

Jonathan W. Thomas, Intellectual Property, New York

Michael W. Weigel, Corporate & Securities, Chicago


The 26 new counsel are:

João Luiz Cople, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alexei Döhl, Banking & Finance, Frankfurt, Germany

Ryan H. Ferris, Corporate & Securities, Chicago

Teresa Fitzgibbon, Legal Risk Management, London

Edouard Gergondet, Government & Global Trade, Brussels, Belgium

Maria Carolina Gelmetti Gimenez, Real Estate Markets, São Paulo, Brazil

David J. Goett, Tax Transactions & Consulting, Northern California

Martin W. Goodlett, Banking & Finance, Chicago

Anna Gouvea, Banking & Finance, São Paulo, Brazil

Ranjit J. Hakim, Corporate & Securities, Chicago

Marcel Hörauf, Banking & Finance, Frankfurt, Germany

Caroline R. Jensen, Banking & Finance, Chicago

Allan J. MacQuarrie, Real Estate Markets, Charlotte, NC

Marla L. Matusic, Corporate & Securities, New York

Scott A. McMurry, PhD, Intellectual Property, New York

Marion Minard, Banking & Finance, Paris

Victoria Newbold, Legal Risk Management, London

Marine Ollive, Corporate & Securities, Paris

Prairie Y. Pe, Real Estate Markets, Hong Kong

Xiaowen Qian, Real Estate Markets, Northern California

Christopher G. Smith, Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement, Washington DC

Rachel A. Smith, Government & Global Trade, Chicago

Luciana Sodré, Corporate & Securities, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lauren Theodoulou, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, London