Hogan Lovells welcomes 2026 with partner and counsel promotions across the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific

Hogan Lovells CEO Miguel Zaldivar said: “We are delighted to congratulate our newly promoted partners and counsel. This year’s class represents an exceptionally talented group who strengthen our ability to advise clients on their most complex mandates around the world, particularly in highly regulated sectors. Each of them reflects our ambitious and supportive culture.

“These promotions demonstrate our strategy to maintain balance across practices, geographies, and sectors. This next generation of lawyers will play a vital role in the continued growth of our global platform and in delivering outstanding service to our clients wherever they operate.”

An overview of our 2026 newly promoted partners by practice group/practice area is as follows:   

• Corporate & Finance – 12 new partners across Capital Markets; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity & Funds; Real Estate; Restructuring and Special Situations; and Tax, Pensions and Benefits
• Global Regulatory & IP – 10 new partners across Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation (ACER); Communications, Internet, and Media; Government Relations and Public Affairs; International Trade and Investment; IP; Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology; Strategic Operations, Agreements & Regulation (SOAR); and Transportation
• Litigation, Arbitration and Employment – 6 new Litigation partners 

The additions to the partnership reflect the breadth of our global legal practice:

• Americas – 12 partners across our Denver, Miami, New York, Northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C. offices
• Europe – 15 partners across our Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, and Paris offices
• Asia-Pacific – 1 partner in Shanghai

Our new partners work across all of our firm’s 14 sectors: Aerospace and Defense; Automotive and Mobility; Consumer; Education; Energy; Financial Institutions; Insurance; Life Sciences and Health Care; Manufacturing and Industrials; Private Capital; Real Estate; Sports, Media and Entertainment; Technology; and Transportation and Logistics. 

Our new partners are:

Corporate & Finance

• Eric Andalman – Real Estate – Denver – Sports, Media and Entertainment
• Tom Eyre-Brook – Tax, Pensions and Benefits – London – Sports, Media and Entertainment/ Energy/ Private Capital
• Madelyn Healy Joseph – Private Equity and Funds – Washington, D.C. – Private Capital
• Christophe-Marc Juvanon – Mergers & Acquisitions – Paris – Energy/ Private Capital/ Manufacturing and Industrials
• Charlotte Monk – Private Equity and Funds – London – Private Capital
• Francesca Parker – Mergers & Acquisitions – London – Financial Institutions/ Insurance/ Technology
• Catalina Santos Parkinson – Capital Markets – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care/ Real Estate
• Naomi Parmar – Restructuring and Special Situations – London – Private Capital/ Financial Institutions
• Eduardo Pérez – Mergers & Acquisitions – Madrid - Aerospace and Defense/ Manufacturing and Industrials/ Life Sciences and Health Care
• Aarti Rao – Capital Markets – London – Financial Institutions
• Michael L. Rogers – Private Equity and Funds - Northern Virginia - Private Capital
• Chantalle Schoegje* – (Assigned) Civil law notary – Mergers & Acquisitions – Amsterdam

*Chantalle will become a partner when her appointment as a Dutch Civil Law Notary becomes effective, which is expected in Q1 2026, pending which she has the title “Partner Elect”.

Global Regulatory & IP 

• Oliver Bäcker – IP – Düsseldorf – Technology
• Ari Fridman – Government Relations and Public Affairs – Washington, D.C. – Aerospace and Defense/ Life Sciences and Health Care/ Education
• Josh Gelula – International Trade and Investment – Washington, D.C. – Aerospace and Defense/ Automotive and Mobility/ Technology
• Hannah Graae – Transportation – Washington D.C. – Automotive and Mobility/ Manufacturing and Industrials/ Transportation and Logistics
• Sally Gu – Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care
• George V. John – Communications, Internet, and Media – Washington, D.C. – Aerospace and Defense/ Technology
• Victor Levy – Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation (ACER) – Paris – Aerospace and Defense
• Dirk-Jan Ridderinkhof – IP – Amsterdam – Life Sciences and Health Care / Technology / Automotive and Mobility
• Melanie Schub – Strategic Operations, Agreements & Regulation (SOAR) – Munich – Automotive and Mobility/ Technology/ Manufacturing and Industrials
• Stephanie Sun – International Trade and Investment – Shanghai – Technology/ Life Sciences and Health Care/ Automotive and Mobility

Litigation, Arbitration and Employment

• Daniel Balmori – Litigation – Miami – Life Sciences and Health Care/ Transportation and Logistics/ Sports, Media and Entertainment
• Alessandro Borrello – Litigation – Milan – Automotive and Mobility/ Life Sciences and Health Care/ Insurance
• Elizabeth C. Carter – Litigation – New York – Life Sciences and Health Care/ Sports, Media and Entertainment
• Jessica Goetsch – Litigation – Munich – Automotive and Mobility/ Energy
• Lance Y. Murashige – Litigation – Washington D.C. – Technology/ Life Sciences and Health Care
• Phillipp Schmidt – Litigation – Hamburg – Consumer/ Technology

In addition, 53 of our lawyers have been promoted to counsel. 

Our new counsel are:

Corporate & Finance

• Joy Baur – Mergers & Acquisitions – Hamburg – Aerospace and Defense/ Energy
• Theodore B. Brown – Real Estate – Denver – Real Estate
• Lauren Bruce – Infrastructure, Energy, Resources, and Projects (IERP) – London – Real Estate/ Manufacturing and Industrials/ Aerospace and Defense
• Ao Chen – Banking and Loan Finance – New York – Financial Institutions/ Private Capital/ Life Sciences and Health Care
• Martino Filippi – Mergers & Acquisitions – Milan – Energy/ Insurance/ Sports, Media and Entertainment
• Callum Fowers – Tax, Pensions & Benefits – London – Consumer/ Technology/ Private Capital
• Tim Hinrichsen – Real Estate – Munich – Real Estate
• Sian Howes – Real Estate – London – Real Estate
• Kristina Laewen – Infrastructure, Energy, Resources, and Projects (IERP) – Frankfurt – Energy
• Valérie Laskowski – Banking & Loan Finance – Luxembourg – Financial Institutions/ Private Capital
• Edward McNeilly – Restructuring and Special Situations – Los Angeles – Financial Institutions
• Igor Montejo Alonso – Tax, Pensions & Benefits – Madrid – Real Estate/ Financial Institutions
• Danielle O'Hare – Banking and Loan Finance – London – Private Capital/ Financial Institutions/ Real Estate
• Brendan R. Oldham – Capital Markets – Washington, D.C.
• Chasse Osborn – Tax, Pensions & Benefits – Boston – Private Capital/ Technology/ Life Sciences and Health Care
• Giulio Piperno – Restructuring and Special Situations – Milan
• Alexandre Salem – Infrastructure, Energy, Resources, and Projects (IERP) – Paris – Financial Institutions/ Energy/ Africa
• Zohra Sayedy – Mergers & Acquisitions – New York – Sports, Media and Entertainment / Technology/ Life Sciences and Health Care
• Giovanni Sosa – Tax, Pensions & Benefits – Mexico – Consumer/ Life Sciences and Health Care/ Transportation and Logistics
• Bob Zeller – Mergers & Acquisitions – Paris – Energy/ Technology/ Transportation and Logistics

Global Regulatory & IP

• John Fraczek – IP – Denver – Sports, Media and Entertainment/ Technology
• Benjamin Goehl – Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation (SOAR) – Munich – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Liz Greaves – Financial Services – London – Financial Institutions
• Allison E. Hellreich – Energy Regulatory – Washington, D.C. – Energy
• H. Whei Hsueh – IP – San Francisco – Technology
• Laura E. Hunter – Health – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Lindsey Johnson – Health – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Stefan Kirwitzke – Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation (ACER) – Brussels – Aerospace and Defense/ Technology/ Manufacturing and Industrials
• Nicholas W. Laneville – International Trade – Washington, D.C. – Energy/ Automotive and Mobility/ Life Sciences and Health Care
• Martin Michaus-Fernández – Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation (ACER) – Mexico – Consumer/ Financial Institutions/ Aerospace and Defense
• Matthew E. Miller – Environment – Denver – Real Estate/ Manufacturing and Industrials/ Energy
• Joséphine Pour – Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation (SOAR) – Paris – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Liam E. Phibbs – Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation (ACER) – Washington, D.C. – Life Sciences and Health Care/ Consumer
• Florian Richter – IP – Hamburg – Technology/ Consumer/ Sports, Media and Entertainment
• Teresa Sedelmaier – IP – Munich – Technology/ Automotive and Mobility/ Consumer 
• Damian Sternberg – Environment – Dusseldorf – Real Estate/ Energy /Life Sciences and Health Care
• J. Ryan Thompson – Communications – Washington, D.C. – Technology
• Jemma Trainor – IP – London – Life Sciences and Health Care/ Technology

Litigation, Arbitration and Employment

• Mitra Anoushiravani – Employment – New York – Technology/ Life Sciences and Health Care/ Sports, Media and Entertainment
• Katie Barajas – Investigations, White Collar, and Fraud – Miami – Financial Institutions/ Energy/ Transportation and Logistics
• Nathaniel Benfield – Litigation – New York – Real Estate/ Private Capital 
• Rogelio Gama Moreno – Litigation – Mexico – Consumer, Energy, and Manufacturing & Industrials
• Fabrizio Grillo – Employment – Rome – Life Sciences and Health Care/ Sports, Media and Entertainment
• Andrew Holland – Litigation – London – Financial Institutions
• Thomas Hunt – Litigation – Washington, D.C. – Aerospace and Defense
• Scott Macpherson – International Arbitration – London – Energy/ Technology/ Manufacturing and Industrials 
• Karishma Paroha – Litigation – London – Automotive and Mobility/ Life Sciences and Health Care/ Technology
• Elisa Rossi – Litigation – Milan – Life Sciences and Health Care
• Julie Schindel – Litigation – Baltimore – Life Sciences and Health Care/ Consumer
• Maximiliano J. Silvestre – Litigation – Denver – Automotive and Mobility/ Manufacturing and Industrials
• Reedy Swanson – Litigation (Appellate) – Washington, D.C. – Technology/ Consumer
• Michael Taylor – International Arbitration – London – Energy/ Manufacturing and Industrials/ Life Sciences and Health Care 
• Felix Werner – Investigations, White Collar, and Fraud – Berlin – Automotive and Mobility/ Manufacturing and Industrials/ Aerospace and Defense