Bird & Bird appoints 15 to partner, 2 to Senior Counsel, 2 to Special Counsel, 12 to Counsel and 1 to Legal Director in annual global promotion round

All the promotions are effective from May 2021, except for three partners effective November 2020, listed below.

Graeme Maguire, Chair of the Board, Bird & Bird says: “On behalf of the Board I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations to all those around the Bird & Bird network being promoted to partner and counsel positions today. I thoroughly look forward to working with you all on the future direction of the firm as we emerge from the pandemic.”

David Kerr, CEO, Bird & Bird says: “Congratulations to everyone on reaching such a significant milestone in your careers. In the face of a very challenging year, your dedication to your clients and commitment to your teams has shone through. I look forward to celebrating with you all in person when we can.”

Those promoted are:

Partner:

• Akshay Kishore – Dispute Resolution, Singapore
• Annette Printz-Nielsen – Commercial, Copenhagen (effective November 2020)
• Carole Bodin – Corporate, Paris
• Chris de Mauny – IP, London
• Edoardo Barbera – IP, Milan
• Gavin Punia – Finance, London
• Karolina Stawicka – Employment, Warsaw
• Maciej Georg – Finance, Warsaw
• Marc Grunwald – IP, Munich
• Marcin Swierzewski – Real Estate, Warsaw (effective November 2020)
• Miriam Ballhausen – Commercial, Hamburg
• Pablo Berenguer – Commercial, Madrid
• Richard Bush – Commercial, London
• Roman Brtka – IP, Munich
• Stephan Waldheim – Competition & EU, Dusseldorf (effective November 2020)

Senior Counsel:

• Arne Wolf – IP, Munich
• Victor Stålblad – Tax, Sweden

Special Counsel (Australia):

• Kate Morton – Corporate, Sydney
• Leila Moddel – Employment, Sydney

Counsel:

• Artur-Konrad Wypych – Employment, Dusseldorf
• Julian Dirksen – Dispute Resolution, Frankfurt
• Katharina Pehle – IP, Munich
• Katja Djurhuus – Commercial, Copenhagen
• Kimmo Sundvqist – Corporate, Helsinki
• Mateusz Dubek – IP, Warsaw
• Michelle Treue-Abanador – IP, Dusseldorf
• Mikkel Taanum – Regulatory & Administrative, Copenhagen
• Morgane Basque – Commercial, Paris
• Simon Reuter – IP, Munich
• Vivek Kailas – Corporate, Copenhagen
• Willy Mikalef – Commercial, Paris

Legal Director:

• Matthew Noble – IP, London