Sapna Jhangiani, Clyde & Co
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Five partners from firms including Clyde & Co, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Herbert Smith Freehills are among 114 new QCs appointed in this year's silk round.

Private practice partners who made the grade include two Freshfields partners: solicitor Nigel Blackaby and barrister Noah Rubins and Clyde & Co partner Sapna Jhangiani. Jhangiani is the only female solicitor advocate to have made silk in this year's round and has been a partner at Clydes for six years, based in its Singapore office.

Blackaby, who is currently global co-head of international arbitration at Freshfields, has been at the Magic Circle firm for 29 years and is based in Washington, D.C., according to his LinkedIn profile. He is also co-head of Freshfields Latin America group. Fellow Freshfields partner Rubins has been at Freshfields for over 16 years, and made partner ten years ago. He currently heads the firm's international arbitration practice in Paris, as well as its global CIS/Russia dispute resolution practice group.