In the annual eye-watering reminder of just how large Baker & McKenzie really is, the top ten LB100 firm this week made up 65 new partners across 22 countries in its worldwide promotions round, including four in the City, bringing the partnership to 1,480. Withers, meanwhile, maintained last year’s tally of seven, with just one in London and six internationally.
Baker’s promotions, which take effect from 1 July, saw the largest number of promotions across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, where 32% of lawyers were promoted. Twenty nine percent of those promoted this year are in the Asia Pacific region; 14% in Latin America; and 25% in North America.
