Marlene Hermann, EMEA Research Director, Chambers and Partners

Marlene started at Chambers as a researcher on the Europe team before being promoted to Senior Researcher and then Editor and subsequently Research Director. Prior to joining Chambers, she worked in recruitment focusing on the social housing sector. She holds a BA in English and History and an MA in Politics and Contemporary History from the University of Nottingham. She is a native German speaker.

Kate Read, Head of Europe, Chambers and Partners

Kate joined Chambers as a researcher in the Europe team, before her promotion to Deputy Editor on the UK team. Before starting at Chambers, she lived and worked in the Cévennes, alongside undertaking freelance translation in the hospitality and legal education fields. She graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in Modern Languages (French and German), including studies at Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, before undertaking an MA in Comparative Literature at Birkbeck University of London.