12/23/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 12/23/2025 12:03
December 23, 2025
Willkie is pleased to announce the following attorneys are promoted to counsel, effective January 1, 2026.
The new counsel are based in Chicago, Frankfurt, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, and Washington, DC.
• Sarah Abel: Private Wealth (New York)
• David Avraham: Corporate & Financial Services (New York)
• Jason Bang: Intellectual Property (Palo Alto)
• Laura Belkner: Private Wealth (New York)
• Maud Boukhris: Antitrust & Competition (Paris)
• Dan Constantinescu: Intellectual Property (New York)
• Lauren J. Dalton: Corporate & Financial Services (New York)
• Thibault Dupont-Nougein: Asset Management (Paris)
• Dr. Joachim Glöckler: Restructuring (Frankfurt)
• Moritz Hechenrieder: Finance (Frankfurt)
• Lee Henderson: Finance (New York)
• Elana K. King: Real Estate (New York)
• Alejandra Lankenau: Finance (New York)
• Sophie Mitouard: Antitrust & Competition (Paris)
• Robert J. Mostek: Finance (Chicago)
• Samuel Neill: Finance (New York)
• Margaret Ansell Podell: Private Wealth (New York)
• Andrej Popp: Private Equity (Frankfurt)
• Ralph (Tray) Smith: Corporate & Financial Services (Washington, DC)
• Kenneth D. Sommer: Litigation (New York)
• Chase A. Tweel: Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits (Washington, DC)
• Dr. Christian Werthmüller: Real Estate (Frankfurt)