UK’s Norton Rose has announced 12 new partnership promotions which take effect from 1 May 2009.
Peter Martyr, Chief Executive, Norton Rose LLP commented: “In the current economic environment the 12 new partner promotions reflect the continued investment in the practice internationally.””
There will be five new partners in banking, four in dispute resolution two in corporate finance and one in real estate. The promotions will create four new partners in Asia (two in Hong Kong, one in Beijing and one in Singapore), seven in Europe (four in London, two in Milan and one in Frankfurt), and one in the Middle East.
The total number of partners as from 1 May 2009 will be 276.
Details of the new partnersin our region are as follows:
Ruth Cowley (Hong Kong); Ruth is a dispute resolution lawyer with experience of a wide range of commercial and banking litigation cases from London. She has recently advised on competition, corporate, shareholder, energy and aviation disputes in Asia.
Tom Luckock (Beijing);Tom is a projects lawyer specialising in climate change. He has assisted with debt and equity investments in biomass, solar, wind, coal mine methane, coal-to-chemicals, biofuel, hydro and waste-to-energy projects, and has been involved in 90+ CDM projects.
Jon Perry (Hong Kong); Jon is a currently a London-based corporate finance lawyer but, given his strong client contacts in Asia, will practice as a partner in the Hong Kong office, focusing on cross border M&A work in Asia and Africa.
Ben Rose (Singapore); Ben is a Singapore-based banking lawyer with a focus on restructuring and Islamic finance.
