Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to promote a conservative 22 lawyers to its partnership, with just five of the new partners coming in London.

The promotions, which will take effect from 1 May, include five appointments in Asia and four in Paris, with the firm's largest operations – in London and Germany – seeing five and four promotions respectively.

Freshfields' corporate department dominates the promotions, with nine new partners. Finance gains five new partners, while litigation and property each see three promotions. Employment and real estate made up a partner a piece, although competition and intellectual property/IT missed out completely.