Baker McKenzie promotes six London partners in 68-strong global round
Almost 40% of new partners are female, including London duo
June 28, 2018 at 05:02 AM
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Baker McKenzie has promoted six London lawyers to its partnership in a 68-strong intake of new partners around the world.
The new City partners are tax lawyers Jessica Eden and David Jamieson, intellectual property lawyer Jessica Le Gros, banking and finance lawyer Jeremy Lev, M&A lawyer Richard Needham and employment and compensation lawyer Jonathan Sharp.
The promotions come after the firm last year made up five London lawyers in an 80-strong round.
London managing partner Alex Chadwick said: "This a significant number of new promotions for London which, alongside our recent lateral hires, reflects that we are well and truly in growth mode."
Bakers has added a number of lateral partners to its London office during the past 12 months, including capital markets partner Michael Doran from White & Case and finance partner Matthew Cox from Ropes & Gray.
By region, the firm's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) offices have received the largest share of this year's promotions, with 24 lawyers made up, equating to 35% of the total intake. By practice, tax has received the largest share, with 14 (21%), followed by M&A with 13.
Almost 40% of the new partners are female, including Eden and Le Gros in London.
The firm, which now has more than 1,600 partners around the world, is currently bringing its London base and seven other offices across the EMEA region into a single profit pool, as part of a push towards closer financial integration.
The newly integrated business, which covers London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Madrid, Johannesburg, Bahrain and Qatar, will go live on 1 July.
Baker McKenzie 2018 partner promotions in full
Antitrust and competition Fang-Yi Jen (Taipei) Joost Haans (Brussels) Catherine Koh Stillman (New York)
Banking and finance Kullarat Phongsathaporn (Bangkok) David Cooper (Sydney) Jeremy Levy (London) Juan Carlos Gonzalez Novo (Chicago)
Capital markets Ivy Tun Kei Wong (Hong Kong) Kowit Adireksombat (Bangkok) Kammalard Urapeepatanapong (Bangkok) Steve Park (Houston) Ora Wexler (Toronto)
Dispute resolution Tjen Wee Wong (Singapore) Robert Lee (Taipei) Luca Beffa (Geneva) Nicolai Behr (Munich) Anton Mikel (Riyadh) Cristina Mejia (Bogota) Jennifer Seale (Washington DC) Ahmed Shafey (Toronto)
Employment and compensation Pamela Tsai (Taipei) Stephen Hardy (Sydney) Kellie-Ann McDade (Melbourne) Jonathan Sharp (London) Margarita Fernández (Madrid) Nadege Dallais (Paris) Christopher Burkett (Toronto)
International commercial and trade Kerry Contini (Washington DC) Jose Hoyos-Robles (Mexico City) Richard White (Dallas)
Intellectual property Jessica Le Gros (London) Matt Dushek (Washington DC) Benjamin Kelly (Dallas) Carlos Alberto Vela-Trevino (Mexico City)
IT and communications Michaela Nebel (Frankfurt)
M&A Jeremy Ong (Hong Kong) Stephanie Phua (Kuala Lumpur) Ee Von Teo (Kuala Lumpur) Olha Demianiuk (Kiev) Sergei Lomakin (Moscow) Jingjin Guo (Geneva) Bjorn Simon (Frankfurt) Caner Elmas (Istanbul) Duygu Gultekin (Istanbul) Richard Needham (London) Elodie Duchene (Luxembourg) Aurelie Goville (Paris) Christina Bullock (Chicago)
Private equity Omar Iqbal (Riyadh)
Projects Kate Phillips (Melbourne) Samir Desai (Tokyo)
Real estate Taijiro Suzuki (Tokyo) Olivier Ducrey (Geneva) Brian Zurawski (Chicago)
Tax Michael Nixon (Singapore) Jason Wen (Fenxun Beijing) Simone Bridges (Sydney) Kirill Vikulov (Moscow) David Jamieson (London) Jessica Eden (London) Rodrigo Castillo Cottin (Bogota) Paul DePasquale (New York) Tatyana Johnson (New York) Victor Alejandro Morales-Chavez (Mexico City) Jonathan Welbel (Chicago) Joshua Nixt (New York) Andrew O'Brien-Penney (Chicago) Ivan Tsios (Chicago)
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