Norton Rose promotes 23 to counsel

Norton Rose has promoted 23 lawyers to counsel in the firm’s first round of counsel promotions since the merger with Australia's Deacons. Of the 23, five lawyers have joined the firm's special counsel ranks in Sydney and Melbourne. Three lawyers were promoted in the Paris office, while there were two new counsel in each of the Italy, Germany and Bahrain offices, and one in each of the Hong Kong, Singapore, Warsaw and Amsterdam offices. Seven of the promotions are in dispute resolution, six in banking, six in corporate - including two in insurance - two in tax, one in real estate, and one in competition. The details of the counsel promotions are as follows: Special counsel Dispute resolution Ben Allen - Sydney Dean Kambovski - Melbourne Dylan McKimmie - Melbourne Insurance Toby Biddle - Sydney Nicholas Andrew - Sydney Of counsel Banking Andrea Sassi - Milan Arun Velusami - London Joanne Emerson - Bahrain Selene Tan - Singapore Arnaud Belisaire - Paris Karine Tollemer - Paris Corporate Claire O'Donnell - London Donatella De Lieto Vollaro - Milan Petra Breur-van der Beek - Amsterdam Sebastian Karpe - Frankfurt Dispute resolution Adam Vause - Bahrain Charlotte Winter - London Marie Kwok - Hong Kong Malgorzata Patocka - Warsaw Tax Caroline Sommer - Paris Frank Wietschorke - Frankfurt Real estate Karen Fielding - London Competition Totis Kotsonis - London

Norton Rose promotes 23 to counsel legalweek.com Mon, May 17, 2010