Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie today announced the promotion of 59 lawyers to partner1, effective 1 July 2025, with the exception of colleagues based in North America and some locations in Latin America, whose promotions took effect earlier in calendar year 2025. With 48 lateral partners also joining Baker McKenzie’s offices1 this financial year, the Firm has added a total of 107 partners globally since 1 July 2024.
The Firm’s Transactional practices saw the largest number of partner promotions, with Dispute Resolution and Tax also welcoming a significant number of newly promoted partners. Women account for 47% of this year’s partner promotions, equivalent to 28 out of 59 promotions.
Commenting on these appointments, Milton Cheng, Global Chair, Baker McKenzie, said: “More than ever this year, it is an honor to announce our promotions to partner. I extend my sincere congratulations to this exceptionally talented group of lawyers who will help us continue to build on our strengths as a global Firm in a broad range of locations, practices, and sectors. Their unwavering dedication to client service and excellence will be key in driving our Firm’s success and we look forward to their many more contributions in the years to come.”
The newly promoted partners are:
Antitrust & Competition
Olivia Chriqui-Guiot (Paris)
Ashley Eickhof (Washington D.C.)*
Banking & Finance
Mostafa Lotayef (Cairo)
Matthew Smith (New York)*
Bhalarp Vallayapet (Bangkok)
Sarah Williams (London)
Capital Markets
Julaphan Nimkarn (Bangkok)
Nathathai Israngura Na Ayudhya (Bangkok)
Tom Quincey (London)
Data, Technology, Privacy and Cybersecurity
Serene Kan (Kuala Lumpur)
Dispute Resolution
Malgorzata Bakula (Warsaw)
Teerapat Chanpiwat (Bangkok)
Courtney Giles (Houston)*
Sirivat Jiruttikansakul (Bangkok)
Richard Molesworth (London)
Brendan O’Grady (Toronto)*
Sebastian Quintero (Bogotá)**
Employment & CompensationJeffrey Bauman (San Francisco)*
Matthew Berridge (London)
Sabrina Bodson (Luxembourg)
JT Charron (Chicago)*
Agnes Herwig (Frankfurt)
Zhao Yang Ng (Singapore)***
Adeola Olowude (Washington D.C.)*
Gillian Parnell (London)
Anna van Bracht (Amsterdam)
Energy & InfrastructureRyan Alho (Johannesburg)
Tom Chou (Taipei)****
International Commercial & TradeSven Bates (London)
Elisabet Cots (Barcelona)
Fabian Navares-Aguilera (Guadalajara)*
Brenton Stewart (Dallas)*
Investigations, Compliance & EthicsMaria Piontkovska (Los Angeles)*
Mergers & AcquisitionsDiana Bellido Gomes (Geneva)
Byron Frost (Tokyo)
Alexander Gee (London)
Sirapob Heammakorn (Bangkok)
Natsuda Jirapak (Bangkok)
Joe Lance (Chicago)*
Thi Thanh Le (Ho Chi Minh)
Arne Naert (Brussels)
Denise Ozmis (Amsterdam)
Tanya Seitz (Johannesburg)
Jonathan Susko (New York)*
Jieun Tak (New York)*
Jesús Villegas (Venezuela)
Adhika Wiyoso (Jakarta)
Private EquityJohn Coleman (Sydney)*****
Real EstateGabriela Saucedo-Garza (Monterrey)*
Restructuring & InsolvencySlavomír Slávik (Prague)
Tax
Davide Chiesa (Milan)
David Gong (Chicago)*
Christine Kim (Washington D.C.)*
Rabea Pape-Lingier (Dusseldorf)
Davinia Rogel (Barcelona)
Jeremiah Soh (Singapore)***
Lizette Tellez-De la Vega (Mexico City)*
Samuel Tourot (Paris)
Elaine Wilkins (New York)*
1Promotions made across Baker McKenzie’s Member Firms. References to “partner” means a person who is a partner or partner equivalent in a Member Firm, and references to an “office” means an office of any such Member Firm
*Promotions effective 1 January, 2025
**Promotion effective 5 May, 2025
***Principal
****Foreign Lawyer (Partner equivalent)
*****Admitted in England & Wales only
