Hogan Lovells rings in 2025 with 28 new partner and 47 new counsel promotions

Speaking about this year’s promotions, Hogan Lovells’ CEO Miguel Zaldivar said: “This year’s class of newly promoted partners and counsel from 24 of our offices represent an extremely talented group of lawyers. They reflect the very best of our ambitious and supportive culture, and demonstrate the breadth and depth of our practices and sectors.”

“This newly promoted class is the next generation of talent who are delivering exceptional service to our clients and society. The growth and development of our people at every stage of their careers is a strategic priority for us.”

“I am beyond delighted to welcome this dedicated group of colleagues to our partnership. I congratulate them on their contributions and wish them every continued success.”

Each of Hogan Lovells' practice groups (Corporate & Finance; Global Regulatory & IP; Litigation, Arbitration and Employment) are represented in the 2025 partner promotions:

• 12 in Corporate & Finance including in Banking and Loan Finance; Capital Markets; Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects (IERP); Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity & Funds; Real Estate; and Tax, Pensions & Benefits
• 10 in Global Regulatory & IP including in Food and Beverage; Health; Intellectual Property (IP); International Trade and Investment; Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology; Privacy and Cybersecurity; and Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation (SOAR)
• Six in Litigation, Arbitration and Employment including in International Arbitration; Investigations, White Collar and Fraud; and Litigation

The additions to the partnership are a reflection of the firm’s global legal practice. The new partners include:

• 13 in the Americas, spread across our Baltimore, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C. offices
• 12 in Europe, spread across our Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, and Paris offices
• Three in Asia-Pacific – in Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong
• 50% women
• 15.79% racially/ethnically diverse*

Our clients are increasingly operating across multiple sectors, and our newly promoted partners embody this market shift. They work across our firm’s 15 sectors – Aerospace and Defense; Automotive and Mobility; Consumer; Education; Energy; Financial Institutions; Insurance; Life Sciences and Health Care; Manufacturing and Industrials; Private Capital; Real Estate; Sports, Media and Entertainment; Technology; Telecoms; and Transportation and Logistics. Our partners’ cross-sector experience enables us to provide innovative solutions tailored to our clients' evolving needs.

Our new partners are:

Corporate & Finance 

• James Alder – Private Equity & Funds – London – Financial Institutions; Real Estate
• Jalpit Amin – Mergers & Acquisitions – Silicon Valley – Technology
• Liz Banks – Capital Markets – Washington, D.C. – Real Estate
• Fabian Bonke – Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects – Frankfurt – Energy; Manufacturing and Industrials
• Pierre-Marie Boya – Private Equity & Funds – Paris – Technology; Telecoms
• Cees Brouwer – Private Equity & Funds – London – Private Capital 
• Shantay Cong – Banking and Loan Finance – Shanghai – Automotive and Mobility; Financial Institutions
• Nick Hoover – Capital Markets – Baltimore – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Hannah Logan – Mergers & Acquisitions – London – Energy; Private Capital 
• Malcolm Parry – Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects – London – Aerospace and Defense; Energy
• Caitlin Piper - Tax, Pensions & Benefits – Washington, D.C. – Financial Institutions
• Tobias Strohmeier – Real Estate – Düsseldorf – Automotive and Mobility; Real Estate

Global Regulatory & IP

• Veronica Colas – Food and Beverage – Washington, D.C. – Consumer; Life Sciences and Health Care
• Lauren Cury – Intellectual Property – Washington, D.C. – Consumer; Technology
• Michael Jacobson – International Trade and Investment – Washington, D.C. – Energy 
• Melissa Levine – Privacy and Cybersecurity – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Giulia Mariuz – Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation – Milan – Technology; Telecoms
• Komal Nigam – Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Polly Sims – Intellectual Property – Houston – Energy
• Victoria Wallace – Health – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Dan Whitehead – Privacy and Cybersecurity – London – Technology
• Felipe Zilly – Intellectual Property – Düsseldorf – Life Sciences and Health Care; Manufacturing and Industrials

Litigation, Arbitration and Employment

• Zoe Dong – International Arbitration – Hong Kong – Financial Institutions**
• Joseph Lambert – Litigation – Denver – Manufacturing and Industrials
• Annabel Maltby – International Arbitration – London – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Silvia Martínez – International Arbitration – Madrid – Energy; Manufacturing and Industrials 
• Jordan D. Teti – Litigation – Los Angeles – Insurance; Life Sciences and Health Care
• Khushaal Ved – Investigations, White Collar and Fraud – Singapore – Life Sciences and Health Care; Sports, Media and Entertainment

**For Hong Kong regulatory purposes Zoe will only take on the title of Partner in the coming weeks.

In addition, 47 of our lawyers have been promoted to counsel. 

Our new counsel are:

Corporate & Finance 

• Stephen Bate – Capital Markets – London – Automotive and Mobility; Financial Institutions
• Charles-Henri Bernard – Capital Markets – Brussels – Financial Institutions; Private Capital 
• Annebeth Bleeker – Banking and Loan Finance – Amsterdam – Financial Institutions
• Perla Gizeh Díaz Taracena – Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects – Mexico City – Energy
• Emma J. Dowell – Private Equity & Funds – Washington, D.C. – Sports, Media and Entertainment
• Sabrina Greubel – Real Estate – Munich – Real Estate
• Javier Grimau – Tax, Pensions & Benefits – Madrid – Financial Institutions; Manufacturing and Industrials
• Suzanne Hill – Tax, Pensions & Benefits – London – Private Capital
• Markus Huber – Restructuring and Special Situations – Munich – Private Capital; Real Estate
• Alexandre Jeannerot – Private Equity & Funds – Paris – Aerospace and Defense; Technology
• Varun Jetly – Capital Markets – Singapore – Financial Institutions; Manufacturing and Industrials
• Hannah Kaye – Private Equity & Funds – London – Private Capital
• Kelsey P. Moran – Mergers & Acquisitions – Washington, D.C. – Aerospace and Defense; Automotive and Mobility
• Jonathan Morris – Restructuring and Special Situations – London – Private Capital 
• Ida Phair – Real Estate – New York – Real Estate
• Ben Shellhorn – Mergers & Acquisitions – Denver – Private Capital; Sports, Media and Entertainment
• Kyle Spies – Banking and Loan Finance – Denver – Life Sciences and Health Care; Private Capital
• Charlotte Yeates – Tax, Pensions & Benefits – London – Insurance

Global Regulatory & IP

• Lars-Fabian Blume – Intellectual Property – Düsseldorf – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Deborah Cho – Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Chris Fitzpatrick – Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation – Washington, D.C. – Technology; Transportation and Logistics
• Eugenia Gambarara – Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation – Milan – Consumer; Technology
• Joe Grdinovac – Intellectual Property – Houston – Energy; Technology 
• Wil Henderson – Medical Device and Technology – Denver – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Rebecca B. Horton – Intellectual Property – San Francisco – Consumer; Technology
• George V. John – Communications, Internet and Media – Washington, D.C. – Technology; Telecoms
• PJ Kaur – Intellectual Property – Hong Kong – Consumer; Technology
• Christina Kesting – Intellectual Property – Frankfurt – Consumer
• Mario Lara Rodriguez – International Trade and Investment – Mexico City – Automotive and Mobility; Manufacturing and Industrials
• Ian Moss – Intellectual Property – London – Life Sciences and Health Care; Telecoms
• Khaled Mowad – Privacy and Cybersecurity – New York – Life Sciences and Health Care; Sports, Media and Entertainment
• Christopher Peacock – Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation – London – Financial Institutions; Technology 
• Lukas Sievers – Intellectual Property – Düsseldorf – Life Sciences and Health Care; Technology
• Christine Stöber – Intellectual Property – Alicante – Consumer; Life Sciences and Health Care
• Stephanie Sun – International Trade and Investment – Shanghai – Life Sciences and Health Care; Technology
• Deborah Wei – International Trade and Investment – Washington, D.C. – Technology; Telecoms
• Annika Wulf – Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation – Hamburg – Consumer; Manufacturing and Industrials

Litigation, Arbitration and Employment

• Alexandra Bailey – Investigations, White Collar and Fraud – Boston – Education; Life Sciences and Health Care
• Giada Cagnes – Employment – Milan – Consumer; Transportation and Logistics
• Hélène de Nazelle – Employment – Paris – Financial Institutions; Life Sciences and Health Care
• Matthew A. Ducharme – Litigation – New York – Consumer; Private Capital
• Thore Feil – Investigations, White Collar and Fraud – Hamburg – Automotive and Mobility; Energy
• Will Havemann – Litigation – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care; Technology
• Rebecca Newell – Litigation – London – Energy; Financial Institutions
• Alicia J. Paller – Litigation – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care; Technology
• Ellie Rees – Litigation – London – Insurance
• Lee Whitesell – Litigation – Houston – Energy; Life Sciences and Health Care

* UK and U.S. only owing to legal restrictions.