Hogan Lovells names management board

The board will be chaired by Lovells senior partner John Young and co-head of Hogan’s Latin America group Claudette Christian. Lovells managing partner David Harris and Hogan chairman Warren Gorrell will become joint chief executives.

There are a further eight members drawn from the partnerships of the respective firms, with each chosen to reflect a spread of geographical and practice areas.

They are:

José Maria Balañá - head of Lovells’ Madrid office;

Nicholas Cheffings - head of Lovells’ real estate disputes group;

David Dunn - administrative partner in Hogan’s New York office;

Marc Gottridge - Lovells’ US regional managing partner;

Gernod Meinel - director of Hogan’s labour and employment group and managing partner of the firm’s German offices;

Andreas Meyer - partner in Lovells’ Hamburg office;

Michael Silver - co-director of Hogan’s corporate, securities and finance practice;

and Jun Wei - co-managing partner of Hogan’s Greater China practice.

The expiry of the terms of board members are staggered and they can then opt for re-election for a further three-year period, should they wish.

The board has a supervisory function and will have responsibility for lateral partner hiring, partner remuneration matters, advancement of associates and counsel to partnership and elevation of non-equity partners to equity.

Executive responsibility for the strategy, management and operational issues of the new firm will be the responsibility of the co-CEOs working with the international management committee, whose members are yet to be announced.