Morgan Lewis has made up a sole London lawyer to partner in its latest promotion round.

City finance lawyer Victoria Thompson has been promoted – the only London lawyer to make the grade within a 30-strong global round.

Thompson was previously of counsel at the U.S. firm, having joined from rival Reed Smith's London base last year.

Her practice covers cross-border and international financing transactions, focusing on asset-based lending, borrowing base financings and distressed debt funding.

Morgan Lewis has historically made up few lawyers in its City office. Last year, it promoted two.

The rest of the firm's promoted lawyers this year hail from across its U.S. offices, spanning locations including Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

Promotions come into effect from October 2019.

Morgan Lewis & Bockius 2019 partner promotion round in full:

Dana E. Becker – litigation, Philadelphia

Jacqueline R. Berman – FDA, Washington, DC

Megan R. Braden – litigation, Chicago

Benjamin J. Cordiano – finance, Hartford

Katherine Dobson – investment management, Boston

Kathy H. Gao – employment, Los Angeles

Amanda M. Goceljak – corporate and business transactions, Houston

Steven P. Johnson – employee benefits, Washington, DC

Amelia C. Joiner – finance, Boston

Bryan S. Keighery – corporate and business transactions, Boston

Michael E. Kenneally – litigation, Washington, DC

Douglas E. Kingston – corporate and business transactions, Philadelphia

Michael D. Kummer – tax, Washington, DC

Miranda Lindl O'Connell – investment management, San Francisco

Lise T. Lipowsky – corporate and business transactions, Los Angeles

Daniel A. Losk – investment management, Boston

Albert Lung – corporate and business transactions, Silicon Valley

Christina A. MacDougall, Ph.D. – intellectual property, San Francisco

Lauren A. McCulloch – litigation, Houston

Kathryn T. McGuigan – labour and employment, Los Angeles

Laura Hughes McNally – litigation, Philadelphia

Benjamin David Novak – corporate and business transactions, Princeton

Michael S. Ryan – intellectual property, Philadelphia

Stephanie Schuster – litigation, Washington, DC

Celia A. Soehner – corporate and business transactions, Pittsburgh

F. Jackson Stoddard – litigation, San Francisco

Julia S. Sturniolo – labour and employment, Philadelphia

Victoria Thompson – finance, London

Thomas Cullen Wallace – labour and employment, Houston

Heather L. Wenzel – finance, Hartford