Dentons has promoted three members of staff to become partners in Scotland.
Donald Smith is now a corporate partner in the global law firm's Edinburgh office while in Glasgow, Craig Kennedy becomes a financial markets commercial disputes partner and Alison Weatherhead a partner for people, reward & mobility.
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The appointments are among eight by Dentons in the UK and 25 across Europe.
Jeremy Cohen, CEO for the UK & Middle East region, said, "Our ambition is to become the leading global law firm across the European continent.
"This means delivering what our clients want today, helping them to work out what they are likely to need tomorrow, and responding to both by supporting our people, and particularly the next generation, to achieve their full potential. I am therefore delighted to congratulate this exceptionally talented group of lawyers on their well-deserved promotions."
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Tomasz Dabrowski, CEO of the Europe region, added: “Dentons is in the talent business, so the development of this highly capable group of lawyers into our next generation of leaders is something we are extremely proud of.
“These promotions reflect not only the legal knowledge, leadership skills and business acumen of these lawyers, but also the organic growth of our Firm across the continent.”
The full list of newly promoted partners is as follows:
Amsterdam
Martin Daverschot, Real Estate
Pieter van Delden, Real Estate
Berlin
Judith Aron, Corporate
Josef Hainz, Competition and Antitrust
Bratislava
Daniel Lipšic, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Budapest
Balázs Csuday, Public Policy and Regulation
Edinburgh
Donald Smith, Corporate
Frankfurt
Volker Junghanns, Corporate
Clemens Maschke, Corporate
Julia Pfeil, Corporate
Glasgow
Craig Kennedy, Financial Markets Commercial Disputes
Alison Weatherhead, People, Reward & Mobility
International
Nir Assido, Real Estate
London
Henrietta Baker, TMT
Katharine Harle, Financial Markets Commercial Disputes
Tristan Jonckheer, TMT
James Langley, International Arbitration
Esther McDermott, Contentious Construction
Luxembourg
Pawel Hermelinski, Corporate
Eduard Koster, Capital Markets
Milan
Michele Odello, Banking and Finance
Paris
Audrey Molina, Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Prague
Jan Procházka, Corporate
Rome
Barbara Urselli, Corporate
Tashkent
Shukhrat Yunusov, Banking and Finance
