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Taylor Wessing—20 promotions

09 April 2025
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Firm announces 20 senior promotions for 2025, including ten to partnership

International law firm Taylor Wessing announces a substantial number of senior promotions for the firm and ten lawyers have been appointed as partners across the global Taylor Wessing network.

Global co-chair and UK managing partner Shane Gleghorn (pictured) said: 'We are delighted to announce our 2025 cohort of new partners and senior counsel whose expertise and leadership will be focused on delivering the highest levels of service to our clients. These promotions will significantly strengthen our key practice areas of corporate, disputes, regulatory, IP, patents, real estate, and banking & finance.'

Global co-chair and Germany managing partner, Dr Oliver Bertram said: 'We are proud to welcome such a talented group of lawyers to the partnership. Their appointment underscores our dedication to excellence and our commitment to supporting the industries shaping the future of business. Congratulations to all our new partners.'

As of 1 May 2025, the new partners are:

  1. Richard Faichney, Corporate Technology and Life Sciences (UK)
  2. Johanna Götz, Technology, Media & Telecoms (Germany)
  3. Lacy Gratton, Corporate Real Estate & Private Capital (UK)
  4. Dannie Hanna, Corporate (Ireland)
  5. Jo Joyce, Technology, IP and Information (Ireland)
  6. Andrew Payne, Patents (UK)
  7. Clare Reynolds, Technology, IP and Information (UK)

As of 1 January 2025, the new partners are:

  1. Marie Keup, Brands & Advertising and Copyright & Media law (Belgium)
  2. Martijn Loth, Tech & Data (Netherlands)

As of 1 February 2025, the new partners are:

  1. Carmen Redmann-Wippel, Banking & Finance (Austria)

As of 1 May 2025, the new senior counsel are:

  1. Charlie Adams, Patents (UK)
  2. Amala Atieh, IP and Media (UAE)
  3. Lydia Birch, Patents (UK)
  4. Stephen Burke, Real Estate (UK)
  5. Tom Charnley, Disputes and Investigations (UK)
  6. Julie Chiu, Patents (UK)
  7. Charlotte Matthews, Private Client (UK)
  8. Mila Pencheva, FS Regulatory and Competition (UK)
  9. Alexandra Poland, Private Equity (UK)
  10. Matthew Sherr, Banking and Finance (UK).

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