The promotions take effect from 1 May, with Deepa Nathan in employment and Jane Dale in pensions given the nod. International capital markets also gets two new counsel, with Francois Gilbert and Christopher Hardingham handed promotions.
The other new counsel are Brian Sher in corporate; banking specialist Carolyn Jackson; derivaties lawyer Victoria Wells; and Rachel Khiara in private client.
Announcements regarding counsel promotions in A&O’s overseas offices are to be made shortly.
A&O drew up plans for the counsel role in 2006 as part of a review into alternative career paths at the magic circle firm. Its first batch of counsel were promoted in
Commenting on the latest promotions, managing partner David Morley (pictured) said: “The counsel role recognises the value of our senior lawyers and creates additional opportunities for people to further develop their careers.”
The news comes after A&O earlier this week (7 April) announced that it was promoting 28 associates to its global partnership. That figure represented a slight drop from the previous year’s total of 32. Eight of the 2008 batch of new partners are based in
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