NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has elected seven new partners, it was announced today. The firm currently has more than 300 partners in 20 offices worldwide. The appointments become effective January 1, 2009. The composition of the new partnership class reflects the firm's global platform and extensive portfolio of leading practices, and is drawn from both Europe and the United States, and from multiple practice areas within the firm. At the same time, the firm appointed six attorneys as counsel.
Of the new partners, four are from Europe and three from the U.S. Two are women, and one is entering as a flex-time partner, an enthusiastically-received designation the firm introduced in 2007.
Commenting on the new partners, Chairman Stephen J. Dannhauser said, "This announcement bears testimony to the success of our long-term strategy of practice diversification and to attracting the leading talent in each market we enter. We're immensely proud of this year's new partners and counsel. They are the best and the brightest, and we anticipate that they will make increasingly important contributions to the firm's continuing growth on the global stage."
Weil Gotshal's newly elected partners, and their office and practice affiliations follow:
Joanne Etherton, London - Tax Petr Hanzal, Prague - Mergers & Acquisitions Elyse G. Kirschner, New York - Trusts & Estates Martin Kramar, Prague - Mergers & Acquisitions Douglas W. McClellan, Houston - Patent Litigation Theodore E. Tsekerides, New York - Products Liability Litigation Roman Vojta, Prague - Complex Commercial Litigation
Weil Gotshal's newly appointed counsel, and their office and practice affiliations follow:
Ardith Bronson, Miami - Complex Commercial Litigation Zofia Frydrychowicz, Warsaw - Private Equity David P. Murgio, New York - Merges & Acquisitions John M. Ryan, Washington, D.C. - International Trade Brian A. Waldbaum, New York - Structured Finance Lukasz Zak, Warsaw - Complex Commercial Litigation
About Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (www.weil.com), an international law firm of over 1,300 lawyers, including approximately 300 partners, is headquartered in New York, with offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Budapest, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Miami, Munich, Paris, Prague, Providence, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Warsaw, Washington, D.C. and Wilmington.
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