Wilkie Farr & Gallagher elects 30 partners in UK, US, France and Germany

“We are proud to welcome this exceptional group of lawyers to our partnership,” said Firm Chairman Thomas Cerabino. “They embody Willkie’s commitment to excellent client service and will be important contributors as we continue to expand our global platform.”

The firm’s chairman Matthew Feldman commented: “We congratulate the members of our newest partner class on this significant accomplishment, and we look forward to seeing their continued growth and success.”

The new partners are spread across the UK, the US, Germany and France.

The new partners in London are Magdi Adab, Eilidh Brown and Rebecca Hughes (corporate and financial services), Mélina Combeau and Charles Hadley (asset management), Alaric Green (antitrust and competition) and Timothy Sawyer (finance).

In the US, the new partners in New York are David Adler and Gongjin (Chloe) Wang (corporate and financial services), Marissa A. Khayat, Walter Turturro and Matthew A. Pei (asset management), and Daniel J. Werb (intellectual property),while Matthew Busch has been elected as a new litigation partner in Los Angeles.

In Houston, Joe Laurel and Erin Kaufman have been elected to partner in the corporate and financial services practice, and Omar Shariff and Christian A. Truman in the corporate and financial services practice, and Henry Thomas (intellectual property) and Tim Landwehr (finance) are the new partners in Chicago.

Samuel Eckland has been elected partner in the communications and media practice, Joshua Levy and John Goerlich in the litigation practice, and Addison Miller Perkins in the Corporate & Financial Services, all in Washington, DC.

In Germany, Jacob Ahme and Florian Dendl have been elected partner in the corporate and financial services practice, while Maximilian Mayer has been elected partner in the finance practice.

In Paris, Georges Balit will become a new partner in the corporate and financial services practice, along with Hugo Piguet in the litigation practice and Ralph Unger in finance.

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