DLA Piper has promoted Ekaterina Larens to Partner in Austria, effective May 1, 2024.
Larens joined the team in 2019 as a Senior Associate in the Corporate/M&A team to launch the DLA Piper Vienna Russian Desk. (reported by CEE Legal Matters on January 24, 2020). She was promoted to Counsel in April 2022. Before that, she worked for Clifford Chance in Moscow between 2005 and 2019.
"We are delighted to promote Ekaterina to Partner," commented DLA Piper Austria Country Managing Partner Christoph Mager. "Since joining the firm she has championed our firm's values and culture whilst providing clients with sound legal counsel. Her promotion means that more than half of our Equity Partners in Corporate/M&A are female. This is unique amongst law firms in Vienna, and highlights our commitment to diversity and inclusivity."
