Chairman of Management Committee: Douglas G. Gibson
Managing Partner: James Halstead
Number of partners worldwide: 330
Number of lawyers in London: 133
Contacts:
Arbitration: Jeremy Wilson
Brands: Louise Nash
Business and Human Rights: Hannah Edmonds-Camara, Sarah Bishop
Capital Markets: Gregor Frizzell
Corporate & M&A: Paul Claydon, Gregor Frizzell
Cybersecurity: Mark Young
Data Protection: Daniel Cooper
Employment: Chris Bracebridge, Christopher Walter
EU & Competition: Johan Ysewyn
Financial Services/Regulatory: David Berman
Fraud, Compliance & Investigations: David Lorello, Mark Finucane
Funds & Investments: Simon Goodworth
Intellectual Property: Inga Pietsch
International Trade: David Lorello, Lisa Peets
Litigation: Louise Freeman, Craig Pollack
Life Sciences - Collaborations & Licensing: Lucinda Osborne, Daniel Pavin
Life Sciences - Regulatory: Grant Castle, Robin Blaney, Brian Kelly, Sarah Cowlishaw
Life Sciences - Transactions: Paul Claydon, James Gubbins
Project Development and Finance: Agnieszka Klich, Robin Mizrahi, Ben Donovan
Public Affairs: Lisa Peets
Real Estate: Geraldine Pigot
Technology: Louise Nash
Technology Regulatory: Lisa Peets
Tax: Guy Dingley
Venture Capital: James Halstead, Louise Nash, James Gubbins
In an increasingly regulated world, Covington has an exceptional ability to help clients navigate their most complex business problems, deals and disputes.
Covington’s distinctively collaborative culture allows it to be truly one team globally, drawing on the diverse experience of lawyers and advisors across the firm by seamlessly sharing insight and experience.
What sets the firm apart is its ability to combine the tremendous strength in its litigation, investigations, and corporate practices with deep knowledge of policy and policymakers, and one of the world’s leading regulatory practices.
This enables the firm to create novel solutions for its clients’ toughest problems, successfully try its toughest cases, and deliver commercially practical advice of the highest quality.
EXPERTISE IN A HIGHLY REGULATED WORLD
In a world that is increasingly complex and highly regulated, Covington has built a powerful firmwide capability to help its clients navigate the intersection of law and policy.
THE FIRM
Covington’s distinctively collaborative culture and lack of origination credits mean that its clients always get the best possible counsel.
STRATEGIC FORESIGHT ON POLICY
Covington understands the government inside out. It knows the substance, the process, and the people behind the policy. This gives the firm strategic foresight into the ever-changing policy landscape.
COMBINING QUALITY WITH COMMERCIAL ACUMEN
The firm delivers commercially practical advice of the highest quality, combining a deep understanding of clients’ industries with sophisticated and integrated legal knowledge.
CRACKING THE TOUGHEST PROBLEMS
Covington’s capabilities and the quality of its thinking enables the firm to tackle the toughest deals and disputes and create innovative solutions to the most complex business challenges of any shape or size.
LANGUAGES
Arabic, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Crimean Tatar, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.
