Women make up nearly half of CMS's 2015 partner promotions
Eighteen of 39 CMS partner appointments in Europe and the Middle East are female while rival Wragges makes up two women
April 21, 2015 at 08:34 AM
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Nearly half of CMS's partner promotions this year are female, the firm announced today, while Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co revealed that it had made up two women in its six-strong promotions round.
Eighteen of CMS's 39 new partners across Europe and the Middle East this year are women, accounting for 46% of the round.
Seven of the 10 promotions in the UK went to female candidates. Eighteen of the appointments are to partner roles in CMS Cameron McKenna, the firm's UK-registered partnership.
Other jurisdictions to see large numbers of appointments include Germany (6), the Netherlands (4) and France (4).
By practice area, corporate took the most new promotions with eight, followed by real estate with six.
By contrast, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has made up only two women in a six-strong partner promotions round this year.
Three of the partners will join the firm's 300-strong real estate practice, taking the total number of real estate partners at the firm to 45.
The other appointments fall across the corporate and dispute resolution sectors.
Five of the six new partners will be based in the Birmingham office, with one based in London, though all will work across both the Birmingham and City offices.
Overall the firm will have 182 partners once the promotions take effect on 1 May.
The number of promotions is one greater than legacy Wragge & Co made last year ahead of the May merger with legacy Lawrence Graham, and four more than 2013′s round.
Legacy Lawrence Graham also promoted five to its partnership ahead of the tie-up, two more than in 2013.
Legacy Wragge & Co operated an all-equity partnership, and it is understood that the firm is in the process of bringing more legacy Lawrence Graham partners into the joint equity of the merged firm.
CMS's Europe and the Middle East promotions in full
Marlous de Groot – banking and international finance, Netherlands
Cristina Reichmann – banking and international finance, Romania
Alexandre Delhaye – corporate, France
Anela Musat – corporate, Central and Eastern Europe
Christian Delgado – corporate, Netherlands
Clair Wermers – corporate, Netherlands
Clemens Grossmayer – corporate, Austria
Jakub Marcinkowski – corporate, Poland
John O'Connor – corporate, United Arab Emirates
Patrik Przyhoda – corporate, Czech Republic
Alexis Hallemans – commercial, Belgium
Ellen Gielen – commercial, Netherlands
Claire Vannini – competition, France
Edmon Oude Elferink – competition, Belgium
Alison Gow – dispute resolution, UK
Cristina Coto – dispute resolution, Spain
Luis Javier Vidal Calvo – dispute resolution, Spain
Reto Hunsperger – dispute resolution, Switzerland
Sarah Grenfell – dispute resolution, UK
Caroline Froger-Michon – employment, France
Dr Daniel Ludwig – employment, Germany
Gillian MacLellan – employment, UK
Dr Soren Langner – employment, Germany
Ben Ewing – energy, environment, projects and construction, Oman
Christine Worthington – energy, environment, projects and construction, UK
Iga Lis – energy, environment, projects and construction, Poland
Valerie Allan – energy, environment, projects and construction, UK
Zoe Burge – insurance, UK
Christoph Zarth – maritime, Germany
Virginie Dor – public procurement, Belgium
Angus MacRae – real estate, UK
Chris Rae – real estate, UK
David Abel – real estate, UK
Emma Pinkerton – real estate, UK
Lukas Hejduk – real estate, Czech Republic
Dr Ursula Steinkemper – real estate, Germany
Bjorn Frische – restructuring and insolvency, Germany
Niklas Lutcke – restructuring and insolvency, Germany
Frederic Gerner – tax, France
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co partner promotions in full
Gareth Baker – corporate and energy, London
Richard Beckingsale – housing and regeneration, Birmingham
Helen Emmerson – real estate and energy, Birmingham
Nisha Jassal – real estate, Birmingham
Andrew Nugent Smith – commercial litigation, Birmingham
Tom Price – international arbitration, Birmingham
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