Linklaters promotes seven London lawyers in 21-strong round
Linklaters has made up seven City lawyers to partner as part of a 21-strong promotion round.
April 07, 2014 at 05:31 AM
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Linklaters has made up seven City lawyers to partner as part of a 21-strong promotion round.
The overall haul is slightly down on last year's equivalent when the firm made up 24 lawyers, six of whom were based in London.
The bulk of the 2014 promotions are in the firm's European offices, with the seven new London partners sitting alongside one apiece in Madrid, Berlin, Frankfurt, Lisbon, and Brussels.
The rest of the promotions comprise two each in Beijing and New York with Bangkok, Singapore, Dubai, Tokyo and Hong Kong securing one new partner each.
Nine of the new partner additions are female, equating to 43% of the overall haul. This includes four of the City promotions. Eleven of the new partners have been promoted from counsel.
By practice, the promotions cover the firm's banking, projects, capital markets, corporate,tax, litigation, competition and employment groups.
The City promotions comprise capital markets lawyers Adam Fogarty and Matthew Monahan, banking lawyers Nick Le Masurier and Kirsty Thomson, corporate lawyer Tracey Lochhead, employment lawyer Jillian Naylor and litigator Alison Wilson.
Linklaters chairman and senior partner Robert Elliott said: "Many congratulations to our new cohort of talented partners. Their promotions are the result of their strong commitment to our clients, their technical expertise and our focus on building strength in the practice areas where our clients need support."
The magic circle firm has also promoted three senior members of its business services team to associate director: Rachel Manser in London (knowledge and learning), Nick Sims in London (strategy) and Stefan Schwarz in Duesseldorf (management).
Meanwhile the firm has appointed 22 lawyers to its counsel ranks, with all of the appointments set to take effect on 1 May.
Linklaters 2014 promotions in full:
London
Nick Le Masurier, Banking
Tracey Lochhead, Corporate
Matthew Monahan, Capital Markets
Jillian Naylor, Employment & Incentives
Adam Fogarty, Capital Markets
Kirsty Thomson, Banking
Alison Wilson, Litigation
Continental Europe:
Jorge Alegre, Capital Markets, Madrid
Markus Appel, Mainstream Corporate, Berlin
Annamaria Mangiaracina, Competition/Antitrust, Brussels
Michael Ehret, Tax, Frankfurt
Nuno Ferreira Lousa, Litigation, Lisbon
Middle East:
Jonathan Fried, Capital Markets/Projects, Dubai
Asia:
Pornpan Chayasuntorn, Banking/Capital Markets, Bangkok
Tessa Davis, Banking/Projects, Singapore
Motoyasu Fujita, Capital Markets, Tokyo
Xiaohui Ji, Banking, Beijing
Fay Zhou, Competition/Antitrust, Beijing
Michael Ng, Capital Markets, Hong Kong
US:
Peter Cohen-Millstein, Corporate, New York
Matthew Poulter, Banking / Capital Markets, New York
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