Almost three-quarters of the promotions – which represent a fall from last year’s total of 32 new partners – come outside
Eight new partners are made up in the magic circle firm’s City headquarters – a dip from last year’s 13 – with the rest spread across offices including
The umbrella finance group gets 13 promotions, including four in the capital markets team, while corporate receives 10, including one new competition partner. Employment and litigation get two new partners apiece.
Just four of the new partners are women.
Commenting on the promotions, A&O senior partner Guy Beringer said: “This year's promotions reflect our continued commitment to strategic investment in our international network. [The new partners] will also maintain the regional diversification of our business and the broad spread of the firm across different areas of practice.”
The promotions, which come into effect on 1 May, will bring the firm’s worldwide partnership to 505.
The news makes A&O the second magic circle firm to announce its partner promotions, after Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer made up 25 associates to partner, including 10 in
Amsterdam
Gerard Kastelein (international capital markets)
Antwerp
Christian Bayart (employment)
Bangkok
Suparerk Auychai (banking)
Brussels
Sophie Jacmain (litigation)
Dubai
Anzal Mohammed (ICM)
Frankfurt
Olaf Meisen and Norbert Wiederholt (both banking)
Hong Kong
Roger Lui (banking); William Woo (corporate).
London
Conrad Andersen (pictured above right) and Paul Nelson (both banking); Neil Bowden (employment); Richard Evans, Jim Ford, George Knighton and Dominic Morris (all corporate); Deborah North (ICM)
Luxembourg
Fabian Beullekens (corporate); Jean-Luc Fisch (tax)
Milan
Pasquale Cardellicchio (litigation)
Moscow
Konstantin Kroll (ICM); Stephen Matthews (banking)
New York
Daniel Guyder (banking)
Paris
Alexandre Ancel (corporate); Florence Ninane (competition, pictured top)
Shanghai
Richard Kim and Ji Zou (both corporate)
Warsaw
Tomasz Kawczynski (banking)
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