Linklaters is delighted to announce the election of 37 new partners across its global platform, effective 1 May 2026.
The new partner cohort comprises top talent across the following practices and regions:
- Practices: Antitrust & Foreign Investment (4), Banking (5), Capital Markets (5), Energy & Infrastructure (1), Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits (1), Investment Funds (3), Intellectual Property (2), Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations (7), Mainstream Corporate (7), Tax (1), and Legal & Risk (1)
- Regions: Asia (7), Europe (12), UK (14) and US (4)
“This year’s cohort is an outstanding group of lawyers and I am incredibly proud to welcome them to the partnership. They already play a key role in supporting our clients and will be instrumental in strengthening our global platform.” – Aedamar Comiskey, Senior Partner and Chair, Linklaters
Meet our newly elected partners:
Martin Arnal
Private Equity, London
Sara Arrow
Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations, New York
Atif Bhatti
Intellectual Property, Frankfurt
Matthieu Blayney
Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Paris
Samson Chan
Mainstream Corporate, China (Beijing/Shanghai)
Roberta Cheung
Restructuring & Insolvency, Hong Kong SAR
Shruti Chopra
Intellectual Property, New York
Gareth Crimp
Investment Funds, London
Rebecca Dickie
Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations, London
Douglas Doherty
Banking, Hong Kong SAR
Christian Felton
Capital Markets, Hong Kong SAR
Jonathan Gafni
US Foreign Investment, Washington, D.C.
Raquel Galvão Silva
Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations, Lisbon
Tom Gavin
Private Equity and Capital Solutions, London
Kaan Gürer
Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf
Lars Harzmeier
Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations, Frankfurt
Leïla Juvin
Tax & Investment Funds, Paris
Michael Lamson
Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations, Hong Kong SAR
Janet M. Lee
Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits, New York
Xunming Lim
Capital Markets, Singapore
Fredrik Löwhagen
Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Madrid
Guillaume Malaty
Structured Finance, Paris
Julia Matthews
Restructuring & Insolvency, London
Fionna Ng
Mainstream Corporate, London
Aoife O’Reilly
Global Financial Crime and MLRO, London
Elenor Parkhouse
Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations, London
Martin Rojahn
Capital Markets, Frankfurt
Dr. Julia Rupp
Private Capital, Frankfurt
Rasha Sami
Energy & Infrastructure, London
Atish Shah
Banking, London
Jason Shardlow-Wrest
Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations, London
Emily Simmons
Investment Funds, London
Adrien Timmermans
Investment Funds, Luxembourg
Queenie Tong
Mainstream Corporate, Hong Kong SAR
Jorge Toral
Regulatory (Public Law) & Projects, Madrid
Tarini Wettimuny
Leveraged Finance, London
Sebastian Witte
Capital Markets, London
About Linklaters LLP
Linklaters LLP is a leading global law firm, advising the world’s leading companies, financial institutions and governments on their most important and challenging transactions and assignments. We combine legal expertise with a collaborative and commercial approach to help clients navigate constantly evolving markets and regulatory environments, pursuing opportunities and managing risk worldwide. With offices in major business and financial centres, we deliver an outstanding service to our clients anywhere in the world. Our lawyers, located across 30 offices in 20 countries, specialise in industry sectors as well as practice areas across three divisions: Corporate; Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations; and Finance.
