As it shifts to an all equity structure, Taylor Wessing has this year promoted five lawyers to partner in its UK round, building on last year’s promotions which saw three made up in the City. Meanwhile, Clyde & Co has made up 13 to its partnership.
With the promotions set to take effect on 1 May, two lawyers were made up in the real estate practice, one in its patents offering, one in the IT, telecoms and competition practice, and a final one in disputes and investigations. A further five have been made senior counsel with one each in private client, corporate, real estate, patents, and data protection.
UK managing partner Tim Eyles said: ‘We remain committed to promoting internal talent and are delighted to announce these much deserved promotions, which see the work we have been putting into our Path to Partnership initiative for associates coming to fruition.’
‘With our move to an all equity structure coinciding with these promotions on 1 May, we will for the first time be able to welcome our new partners into a single partnership in which all will have a real stake in the firm’s future and will be able to work together even more effectively as we seek growth for our clients, our people and our business.’
In an international round, Clydes promoted 13 lawyers to equity partner spread across its offices in the UK, Europe, US, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. The largest beneficiary was the City which saw four promoted across aviation, corporate, insurance and projects. A further 11 were boosted from equity partner status to senior equity partner.
Other promotion rounds announced this month includes Ashurst which promoted 20, of which 45% were female, while Macfarlanes saw a reduced round of five, of which 40% were female.
Taylor Wessing partner promotions in full:
Paul Glass, disputes & investigations
Paul Leamy, real estate
Emma Oakley, real estate
Matt Royle, patents
Sian Skelton, IT, Telecoms & Competition
Senior counsel promotions in full:
Lisa Bevan, private client
David Bates, corporate (private equity, corporate tech)
Maddalena Padrin, real estate
Ed Vickers, patents
Sally Annereau, data protection
Clyde & Co equity partner promotions in full:
Clare Hatcher, Projects & Commodities, London
Elisabeth Moseley, Corporate, London
Craig Rooney, Aviation, London
Jai Sharma, Marine & International Trade, Guildford
Tom White, Insurance, London
Fabrice Pradon, Aviation, Paris
Susie Abdel Nabi, Dispute Resolution, Dubai
Patrick Murphy, Dispute Resolution, Dubai
Alain Sfeir, Corporate, Riyadh
Gareth Horne, Insurance, Sydney
Trudy Seow, Aviation, Singapore
Conor Warde, Transportation Finance, Hong Kong
Jessica Kelly Insurance, San Francisco
Senior equity promotions:
David Abbott, Insurance, London
Helen Bourne, Insurance, London
Michelle Crorie, Insurance, London
Toby Rogers, Insurance, London
Ray Smith, Corporate, London
Mark Beswetherick, Insurance, Dubai
Nassif BouMalhab, Dispute Resolution, Dubai
Peter Hodgins, Corporate, Dubai
Paul Jebely, Transportation Finance, Hong Kong
Eric Moon, Insurance, San Francisco
Christina Terplan, Insurance, San Francisco
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