Baker & McKenzie has announced its 2015 promotions round with 83 lawyers making partner, 40% of whom are female, but with only three being made up in the City.
The promotions round, combined with 51 lateral hires made over the last year, means that Bakers’ partnership now stands at 1,500. The round is up on last year’s 65, but despite being the firm’s largest office, London’s allocation dropped from four to see a trio of lawyers join the partnership: Corporate lawyer Jannan Crozier, Stephen Ratcliffe in employment and Tax specialist Patrick O’Gara. All three joined the firm as trainees with Crozier having undertaken secondments overseas in the firm’s Moscow and Sydney offices.
Comparatively, Amsterdam and Frankfurt both saw three make the cut but Paris benefitted from four while Chicago and Washington DC were boosted with seven and five new partners respectively.
By region, Europe, Middle East and Africa saw the greatest investment with 34% of new partners being made up there. This was closely followed by Asia Pacific with 28% while 18% were made in Latin America and 20% in North America.
Across the firm’s practice groups, tax saw the largest intake of new partners with 21 followed by M&A which recieved 15, while banking & finance, dispute resolution and employment also bolstered their ranks.
The full list of Bakers’ partner promotions comprises:
Antitrust & Competition
Marc Lager – Vienna
Anton Subbot – Moscow
Banking & Finance
Amr Baggatto – Cairo
Gonzague Basso – Paris
Carlos Sagaon Garza – Mexico City
Masato Honma – Tokyo
Chu Kah Chin – Singapore
Helen Naves – São Paulo
Somika Phagapasvivat – Bangkok
Kullapa Stavorn – Bangkok
Capital Markets
Mohammad Al Rasheed – Riyadh
Robert Eastwood – Riyadh
Compliance
Vivian Wu – Beijing
Corporate
Andrea Kennedy – Melbourne
Dispute Resolution
Carlos Ayres – São Paulo
Hillary Brennan – Washington, DC
Tom Firestone – Washington, DC
Fernando Goldaracena – Buenos Aires
Mia Imperial – Manila
Trevor McFadden – Washington, DC
Bryan Ng – Hong Kong
Pradthanaadt Ratanatanungpong – Bangkok
Employment
Jordan Faykus – Houston
Katja Häferer – Munich
Alberto Madamé – Madrid
Raul Lara Maiz – Monterrey
Tricia Oliveira – Rio de Janeiro
Monica Pizarro – Lima
Stephen Ratcliffe – London
Ryan Vann – Chicago
Energy, Mining & Infrastructure
Melanie Ho – Taipei
Intellectual Property
Guy Birkenmeier – Dallas
Jonathon Flintoft – Sydney
Nathalie Marchand – Paris
Erica Sarubbi – São Paulo
Eva-Maria Strobel – Zurich
Daniel Tallitsch – Chicago
IT & Communications
Julia Wendler – Munich
Mergers & Acquisitions
Jonathan Adams – Mexico City
Julius Cervantes – Manila
Dang Chi Lieu – Hanoi
Wendelin Ettmayer – Vienna
Gwyneth Gu – Taipei
Yutaka Kimura – Tokyo
Duffy Lorenz – Chicago
Valerie Marsh – Washington, DC
Mercedes Masjuan – Buenos Aires
Lewis Popoff – Chicago
Ornsiri Samarnmitr – Bangkok
Torsten Schmitt – Luxembourg
Cherri Shi – Shanghai
Alexander Spoor – Amsterdam
Christian Vocke – Frankfurt
Private Equity
Jannan Crozier – London
Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
Belle Chiou – Taipei
Cahyani Endahayu – Jakarta
Real Estate
Eva Leygonie – Paris
Samuel Marbacher – Zurich
Wan Shiu Man – Hong Kong
Tax
Lucy Alberto – New York
Marine Dupas – Paris
Michiel Kloes – Amsterdam
Nancy Lai – Shanghai
Amy Ling – Shanghai
Mirko Marinc – Amsterdam
Juan Pablo Menna – Buenos Aires
Ciro Meza – Bogota
Patrick O’Gara – London
Christian Port – Frankfurt
Joshua Richardson – Chicago
Mark Roche – San Francisco
Susan Ryba – Chicago
Michele Santocchini – Rome
Juliane Sassmann – Dusseldorf
Thales Stucky – Porto Alegre
Ana Carolina Utimati – São Paulo
Jennifer Wioncek – Miami
Roberto Cardona Zapata – Mexico City
Antonio Zurera – Madrid
Tax-Transfer Pricing
Yukiko Komori – Tokyo
Trade & Commerce
Holly Files – Washington, DC
Paul Amberg – Chicago
Johannes Teichmann – Frankfurt
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