Dentons is pleased to announce the promotion of 25 new partners from the UK and Europe in the 2019 cycle. The new partners represent a range of practices, sectors and industries. 

In the Luxembourg office, Pawel Hermeli?ski has been appointed as Partner in the Corporate and Private Equity practices. He advises financial institutions, private equity investors and multinational groups on M&A and joint venture transactions, as well as on the structuring and restructuring of corporate groups. 

Eduard Koster has been appointed as Partner in the Investment Funds practice in Luxembourg. He advises domestic and international clients on all investment fund related and regulatory matters.

Jeremy Cohen, CEO for the UK & Middle East region, said, "Our ambition is to become the leading global law firm across the European continent, which 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-derserved promotions."

“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,” said Tomasz Dabrowski, CEO of the Europe region. “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