Trowers & Hamlins and Field Fisher Waterhouse have announced their new partner promotions, with the firms making up six and nine new partners respectively.

All six of Trowers' new partners are female and all are based in the firm's City headquarters. The round will see Karen Lilleyman and Merissa Martinez appointed in the dispute resolution and litigation department; Katie Dyer becoming a partner in housing projects; Yvette Bryan promoted in commercial property; Naomi Roper promoted in banking and finance and Sharron Webster becoming a partner in public sector communities and governance. The promotions take effect from 1 April.

Trowers senior partner Jonathan Adlington (pictured) commented: "The recent partner promotions are a demonstration of the firm's long-term commitment to equality and the value that an equal opportunities policy has in promoting the most talented individuals within an organisation."

Meanwhile Field Fisher's promotions include the firm's first outside London, with the Paris office gaining two new partners and the Brussels arm one. The new London partners are: John Cassels, competition & EU regulatory; Mark Gearing tax; Juliet Oliver, public & regulatory; Graeme Payne, commercial intellectual property (IP); Andrew Prowse, tax; and Alan Woolston, construction.

Jean-Francois Germain becomes a partner in the Brussels IP & technology team, with Laurent Guardelli and Jean-Baptiste Van de Voorde becoming partners in the Paris litigation, employment & pensions and corporate & finance practices respectively.