Baker & McKenzie has announced its 2012 promotions round, with three London lawyers making the cut out of a global total of 63.

The promotions, which bring the total number of partners in the international firm to 1,400, will take effect next month (1 July).

The new London partners are: banking and finance specialist Lynn Rosell Rowley; corporate lawyer Emily Carlisle, who advises on corporate reorganisations and business transformation projects; and Nick O'Donnell, who advises on M&A, joint ventures and equity capital markets transactions.

The largest number of promotions come in the firm's Asian offices, with 28 new partners in offices including Jakarta, Hong Kong, Manila, Bangkok, Beijing, Tokyo, Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur.

In the EMEA region, the firm has promoted 20 lawyers across Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Warsaw, Zurich, Moscow, Rome, Vienna, Barcelona and Paris. In Latin America, meanwhile, six lawyers have been promoted in Bakers' Sao Paulo, Santiago and Porto Alegre bases.

In its domestic US offices, the firm has made nine internal promotions shared across its Chicago headquarters, San Francisco, Houston, New York and Dallas.

The news comes after an expansive year for the firm, which during 2011-12 made 50 lateral hires and opened three new offices in Johannesburg, Istanbul and Doha.

Chairman Eduardo Leite (pictured) commented: "We have responded to client demands for more senior and experienced counsel from their outside law firms. The election of 63 partners reflects our continuing commitment to be a client-driven, performance-based firm."

Baker & McKenzie 2012 partner promotions in full

Susie Beaumont, employment, Jakarta
Pierre Chan, tax, Hong Kong
Iqbal Darmawan, securities, Jakarta
Miguel Galvez, disputes, Manila
Anna Gamvros, IT, Hong Kong
Nont Horayangura, IP, Bangkok
Hao-Ray Hu, banking, Taipei
Anna Hwang, disputes, Taipei
Clara Ingen-Housz, antitrust, Hong Kong
Muhammad Karnova, energy, Jakarta
Winton Kim, M&A, Hong Kong
Angeline Lee, IP, Singapore
Simon Leung, banking, Beijing
Ean Mac Pherson, energy, Tokyo
Kei Matsumoto, IP/IT, Tokyo
Daniel Middleton, energy, Melbourne
Philippa Murphy, disputes, Melbourne
Enzo Pan, M&A, Taipei
Theerapab Punyasakhon, banking, Bangkok
Bulin Sanooj, corporate, Bangkok
Howard Shiu, employment, Taipei
Panya Sittisakonsin, tax, Bangkok
Benja Supannakul, banking, Bangkok
Allen Tan, tax, Singapore
Aek Tantisattamo, tax, Bangkok
Dominic Wai, disputes, Hong Kong
David Walter, disputes, Sydney
Hsian Siong Yong, M&A, Kuala Lumpur
Christian Atzler, M&A, Frankfurt
Michael Bartosch, M&A, Munich
Geert Bovy, trade, Brussels
Emily Carlisle, corporate, London
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