Lawyer Monthly Magazine - May 2019 Edition

14 Lawyer Moves www. lawyer-monthly .com MAY 2019 DLA Piper announced that 77 lawyers have been promoted to its partnership. The promotions were effective as of 1 April 2019 in the United States and will be effective as of 1 May 2019 for EMEA and Asia Pacific. The promotions were made across many of the firm's practice areas in 43 different offices throughout 20 countries. Across the firm's practices globally, Corporate saw the largest intake of new partners with 20 promotions, followed by Litigation and Regulatory with 18. Real Estate and Intellectual Property and Technology had eleven and ten promotions respectively, whilst there were six in Employment. Finance and Projects and Tax had five and four promotions respectively, while there was one each in Restructuring, Government Affairs and the firm's Office of General Counsel. In total, there were 23 promotions in the United States, four in Canada, three in Latin America, 22 across Continental Europe, eight in the United Kingdom, four in Asia, three in the Middle East, five in Australia and a further five in New Zealand. A full list of partner promotions by office and practice is included below. Simon Levine, Global Co-CEO of DLA Piper, commented, "I would like to congratulate all of our new partners on their promotions. They have all shown strong commitment to client service, excellence and innovation, and will play an invaluable role in the future growth and leadership of our business." Jay Rains, Global Co-CEO, added, "These promotions demonstrate our ongoing investment in our business and represent the quality, breadth, and depth of DLA Piper around the world. These exceptionally talented new partners have made significant contributions to the firm's growth and development, and we are confident that they will continue to thrive in their new roles. I look forward to working with them in the next stage of their career." DLA Piper Announces Partnership Promotions for 2019 Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced the promotion in the Middle East of one lawyer to partnership and two lawyers to counsel. The new partner promotion is part of a global cohort of 30 lawyers elected to the partnership, drawn from all of the firm's market-leading practices and across its global network. This follows the announcement of Mo Al-Shukairy's appointment as Regional Managing Partner for the Middle East, commencing a four-year term on 1 May. Mo Al-Shukairy added, "We are very pleased to welcome Tariq Imam to the partnership and to extend our congratulations to Nicola Reader and Inaamul Laher on their promotion to counsel. Our new appointments reflect our continued success in and commitment to the Middle East. Tariq, Nicola and Inaamul are highly respected by our clients and in the market. These promotions reinforce our capabilities in the region, to support the firm's clients in and out of the Middle East. We wish them every success." The promotions take effect 1 May 2019. The promoted lawyers are: • Tariq Imam who leads the Middle East Real Estate Practice. His primary areas of focus are large development projects and real estate financing in the region, as well as investment deals (both direct and indirect) and transactions in the hospitality sector. Tariq also supports the firm's regional institutional investor clients on outbound transactions. He joined the firm in 2011 and is qualified in New Zealand. • Inaamul Laher who leads the regional front-end Construction group and is based in Abu Dhabi. He has a strong track record of working with sponsors/developers, government authorities, lenders (including ECAs, DFIs and Islamic financiers), institutional investors and contractors on the construction and maintenance of complex assets across all major industry sectors, including oil & gas, IWPs, conventional and renewable power, infrastructure/ PPPs and major real estate schemes. Inaamul relocated from the London office in 2016. • Nicola Reader who is based in the Abu Dhabi office. Nicola trained with Clifford Chance and qualified into the London restructuring practice, and she has been based in the region since 2015. Her primary area of focus is financial restructurings/ distressed debt and general financings. Nicola was recognised as a Rising Star at the IFLR Awards 2018. Tariq Imam Promoted to Partnership Inaamul Laher and Nicola Reader Promoted to Counsel