Mayer Brown has selected Jon Van Gorp, a New York and Chicago-based structured finance partner, as its next firm chair, succeeding Chicagoan Paul Theiss, who’d been in the role since 2012.
Van Gorp, who will serve at least one three-year term, has worked at Mayer Brown for the past 24 years and previously co-led practice groups at the firm, including capital markets, structured finance, and banking and finance.
He has served on Mayer Brown’s management committee since 2017, where the firm said he worked closely with Theiss, whom he will succeed on June 1.
Van Gorp said in an interview ...