White & Case promotes seven to London partnership including two female lawyers

White & Case has made up seven London lawyers in a 31-strong global partner promotions round.

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/uploads/sites/378/2017/10/Kamilla-Azamat-1-Article-201710131133-1.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="372" /></a> White & Case has made up seven London lawyers in a 31-strong global partner promotions round. Two of the seven new London partners are women �� Kamilla Azamat (project finance, pictured above) and Rebecca Shorter (international arbitration). Last year, when the firm made up 40 lawyers to the partnership, <a href="http://www.legalweek.com/sites/legalweek/2016/10/14/white-case-promotes-eight-to-london-partnership-with-four-female-lawyers-making-the-grade/">half of the eight City promotions</a> were female. London executive partner Oliver Brettle told��Legal Week: ��There��s an obvious dip compared to last year �� this year is an outlier given the trajectory overall and the pipeline for next year and beyond.�� The other five new partners in London are James Greene (capital markets),��James Hardy�� (banking),��Tim Hickman (intellectual property),��Steven Worthington (M&A) and James Johnson�� (M&A). Both Greene and Johnson trained at the firm. Sixteen (52%) of this year��s promotions are in the US, including nine in New York, with a further four in continental and eastern Europe, one in South Africa, and three in the Middle East. In an interview with��Legal Week��in 2015, chairman Hugh Verrier said White & Case was planning to boost lawyer count in the City and New York��<a href="http://www.legalweek.com/sites/gstanley/2015/11/11/its-about-targeted-profitable-growth-white-case-chair-hugh-verrier-lays-out-firms-new-strategy/">to more than 500 by 2020</a>. Brettle said: ��Two thirds of��this year's promotions are in New York and London, which have been singled out by the firm in its strategy.�� The firm's M&A practice has received the most new partners with eight, followed by banking with five. The promotions take effect from 1 January 2018. White & Case partner promotions in full London Kamilla Azamat �� finance James Greene �� finance James Hardy �� banking Tim Hickman �� intellectual property James Johnson �� M&A Rebecca Shorter �� international arbitration Steven Worthington �� M&A Johannesburg Quintin du Plessis �� banking Bratislava Juraj Fuska �� M&A Hamburg Matthias Kiesewetter �� M&A Abu Dhabi Alexander Malahias �� finance Dubai Ali Shaikley �� M&A Claire Matheson Kirton �� banking Stockholm Johan Thiman �� capital markets Henrik Wireklint �� M&A Miami Maria Beguiristain �� white collar Washington DC Jay Campbell �� trade Matthew Drossos �� international arbitration Frank Hogue �� antitrust Francisco Jijon �� international arbitration New York Robert Counihan �� intellectual property Ross Elfand �� antitrust James Fogarty �� capital markets Rebecca Gottlieb �� banking Ash Ilkhani �� capital markets Ryan Johnson �� intellectual property Luke Laumann �� M&A Francis Lupinacci �� M&A David Suggs �� antitrust Los Angeles Jonathan Hawk �� commercial litigation Robert Morrison �� banking <

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