Dentons has made up seven UK lawyers to partner in a 54-strong global promotions round.

Four of the firm's London lawyers have joined the partnership, with three made up in Milton Keynes – an increase on last year, when just two UK partners were promoted across both offices.

The new City partners are Virginia Allen (employment), Joseph Altendorff (corporate), Helen Bowdren (environment) and Suhail Qureshi (tax), while the promotions in Milton Keynes include real estate duo Greg Rigby and David Payton, and corporate senior associate Christopher Colclough.

The majority of the firm's promotions this year were in North America, with 16 lawyers made up across nine US offices, alongside 15 promoted in Canada.

Fourteen lawyers were also made up across Europe, in locations including Paris, Berlin and Frankfurt.

Of the 54 new partners, 19 are women, equating to more than one third (35%) of the promotions.

Global CEO Elliott Portnoy said: "Elevating any one of our talented practitioners to partner is an incredibly important milestone in their career and in the longevity of our firm. This year's fantastically diverse class strengthens our global partnership and will ensure Dentons continues to meet and exceed our clients' expectations. Congratulations to all our new partners."

The partner promotions came into effect in Canada on 1 February, on 1 January in Europe and on 1 May in the UK.

Dentons partner promotions in full

Courtney Burton, energy – Calgary Dan Shea, corporate – Calgary Charles Cote-Lepine, real estate – Montreal Marie-Josee Couture, financial services – Montreal Anthony Franceschini, litigation – Montreal John Papagiannis, corporate – Montreal Giancarlo Salvo, corporate – Montreal James Wishart, litigation – Ottawa Andrew Bourns, corporate – Toronto Radha Khosla, financial services – Toronto Kris Miks, corporate and securities – Toronto Larry Nevsky, tax – Toronto Chloe Snider, litigation – Toronto Tevia Jeffries, insolvency – Vancouver Shoshanah Webber, financial services – Vancouver Daniel Barth, corporate – Berlin Rene Grafunder, competition and antitrust – Berlin Jan Hellner, real estate – Berlin Dirk Schoene, restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy – Berlin Sebastian Schmid, real estate – Berlin Stanislava Valientová, banking and finance – Bratislava Yolande Meyvis, corporate – Brussels Marcell Szonyi, real estate – Budapest Sven-Oliver Friedrich, corporate – Frankfurt Sabine Wieduwilt, real estate – Frankfurt Julien Le Guyader, life sciences, tax – Paris Guillaume Panuel, corporate – Paris Georgy Pchelintsev, IP&T – St Petersburg Bartlomiej Kordeczka, real estate – Warsaw Ong Yiling Grace, corporate – Singapore Yong Mun Keith, corporate – Singapore Virginia Allen, employment – London Joseph Altendorff, corporate – London Helen Bowdren, environment – London Suhail Qureshi, tax – London Christopher Colclough, corporate – Milton Keynes David Payton, real estate – Milton Keynes Greg Rigby, real estate – Milton Keynes Cristiane Wolfe, corporate – Atlanta Kristen Rodriguez, commercial litigation – Chicago Alisa Kennedy, real estate – Denver Joe Martinez, government contracts – Denver Gordon Spring, corporate – Kansas City Gregory Fennell, real estate – Los Angeles Jon Hutchens, tax – New York Brian Lee, corporate – New York Justine Margolis, commercial litigation – New York Ilan Katz, venture technology – New York Andrew Azarmi, commercial litigation – San Francisco Kimberly Kerry, healthcare – San Francisco Sarah Carlson, commercial litigation – St Louis Claire Maddox, commercial litigation – Washington DC Peter Feldman, federal regulatory and compliance – Washington, DC Dan Gibb, public policy – Washington DC