Linklaters makes up 10 new partners in London in 27-strong promotions round
Linklaters exceeds female promotion target with women making up 37% of the round
March 26, 2018 at 05:17 AM
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Linklaters has promoted 27 lawyers to partner, including 10 in London.
The promotions, which take effect from 1 May, include one more new partner than last year's round which was the firm's largest since 2008.
As well as the 10 promotions in London, Linklaters has made up nine partners in Asia across Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul and Abu Dhabi.
The firm's finance & projects division gains the most new partners globally with 13, followed by corporate with 10 new partners, with the disputes division gaining four new partners. Mainstream corporate secured the largest share by individual practice, with seven new partners.
The firm has also exceeded its target for female partner promotions, with women making up 37% (10 new partners) of the newly promoted cohort, compared with a 30% target set in 2012. Ten is the largest number of women ever promoted in a single round at Linklaters, breaking a previous record high of nine in 2014, however that figure equated to 43% of the group.
Commenting on the promotions round, Linklaters senior partner Charlie Jacobs said: "Our strong and talented cohort of new partners is a reflection of our strategy of attracting, retaining and investing in the best lawyers from across our global network.
"Last year we acknowledged that we needed to do better to meet the partnership's gender target, so it gives me great pleasure to see us exceed this in 2018. We will work hard to keep up the momentum on achieving this, and our other diversity goals. They are absolutely central to the firm's strategy and ambitions."
In February, Linklaters became the first magic circle firm to reveal its gender pay gap data.
The report shows that while more women (78%) received a bonus than men (76%) at the firm, men received on average 58% more in bonuses than their female counterparts. Average hourly pay at the firm is also skewed in favour of men by 23%.
New partner promotions in full
London: Teresa Laboucarie-Polak, dispute resolution; Sushil Jacob, corporate (India practice); Rachel Hetherington, corporate division; Christopher Boycott, corporate division; Jonathan Sadler, corporate division; Rachel Barrett, corporate division; Sarah Lindley, corporate division; Chris Medley, banking practice; Julia Dixon, financing and projects division; Sebastian Barling, financing and projects division
Hong Kong: Chris Yip, corporate division; Maggie Ng, banking practice; Stephen Song, capital markets practice; Gloria Cheung, capital markets practice; Denise Fung, dispute resolution division; James Warboys, banking practice
New York: Penelope Jensen, banking practice; Eamon Nolan, banking practice
Brussels: Xavier Taton, dispute resolution division
Lisbon: Ricardo Guimaraes, dispute resolution division
Warsaw: Marcin Schulz, corporate division
Luxembourg: Remy Bonneau, corporate division
Tokyo: Hirofumi Taba, financing and projects division
Seoul: Joo Hee Lee, financing and projects division
Frankfurt: Alexander Schlee, capital markets practice
Milan: Ettore Consalvi, banking practice
Abu Dhabi: Nicholas Edwards, corporate division
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