Latham & Watkins has promoted Jay Sadanandan (pictured) to London office managing partner, succeeding Nick Cline who has served a five-year term in the role.

With Cline at the helm the number of partners in Latham’s London office has increased by two-thirds, rising from 40 in 2010 to 67 in 2015. It also now has 295 fee earners, up from 156 in 2010.