London Dominates in Reduced CMS Promotions Round
The firm has appointed 41 new partners globally, nearly half of whom are based in London.
April 15, 2020 at 09:20 AM
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CMS has appointed 41 lawyers to the partnership in its smallest global promotions round since the firm combined with Olswang and Nabarro in 2017.
The firm's London office accounted for the largest number of promotions – 18 in total – making it the most U.K.-dominated round to date. However, no promotions were made from any of the firm's regional U.K. offices.
Outside of the U.K, the firm made six partner promotions in Paris, four across Germany, three in Warsaw, two in the firm's Kenya office in Nairobi as well as additional partner promotions in Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Romanie, Russia, Switzerland and Ukraine.
The smaller round follows last year's bumper crop in which 49 lawyers including 21 from the U.K. were promoted to the partnership.
Women accounted for half of the new partner promotions in the UK and over 40% of all new partners globally, up from 32% last year.
In a statement, CMS senior partner Penelope Warne commented: "We are also delighted by the strong representation of women joining as new partners and are very committed to investing in all our people and empowering all of them to reach their full potential."
The promotions in full:
France
Alexandre Morel (Corporate/M&A, Paris)
Benoît Provost (Corporate/M&A, Paris)
Céline Cloché-Dubois (Environment, Public Law, Energy & Climate Change, Paris)
Deana D'Almeida (Tax, Paris)
Frédéric Bertacchi (Tax, Paris)
Matias Labé (Tax, Paris)
Germany
Dr André Frischemeier (Banking & Finance, Frankfurt)
Dr Christoph von Eiff (Corporate/M&A, Dusseldorf)
Dr Daniel Kaiser (Commercial Criminal Law/ Criminal Tax Law & Compliance, Stuttgart)
Philipp Schönnenbeck (Real Estate & Public, Dusseldorf)
Italy
Fabrizio Alimandi (Tax, Milan)
Kenya
Grace Kinyanjui (Dispute Resolution, Insurance, Employment, IP, Nairobi)
Samson Mac'Oduol (Corporate/M&A, Employment, Infrastructure & Projects, TMC, Nairobi)
Luxembourg
Sylvain Elias (Corporate/M&A, Luxembourg)
Mexico
Marcia Santomé Sánchez (Projects & Infrastructure, Mexico City)
Monaco
Raphaëlle Svara (Private Clients, Monaco)
Poland
Agnieszka Skorupińska (Environment, Warsaw)
Jakub Wieczorek (Banking & Finance, Warsaw)
Jakub Podkowa (Banking & Finance, Warsaw)
Romania
Roxana Fratila (Real Estate & Construction, Bucharest)
Russia
Artashes Oganov (Real Estate & Construction, Moscow)
Switzerland
Jérôme Levrat (Corporate/M&A, Geneva)
Ukraine
Natalia Kushniruk (Real Estate & Construction, Kyiv)
United Kingdom
Anna Brackenbury (Intellectual Property, London)
Anna Ralston-Crane (Real Estate, London)
Catherine Merry (Corporate – Employee Incentives, London)
Chris Clark (Capital Markets & Derivatives, London)
Chris D'Emanuele (Real Estate, London)
Jane Hollywood (Intellectual Property, London)
Kushal Gandhi (Finance Disputes, London)
Louise Boswell (Litigation & Arbitration, London)
Louise Dalton (Power, London)
Mark Breslin (Infrastructure, Construction & Energy (ICE) Disputes, London)
Mark Jenkins (Pensions, London)
Rebekah Hayes (Technology & Media, London)
Russell Hoare (Competition, London)
Sam Pout (Corporate, London)
Sarah Innes (Intellectual Property, London)
Theo Godfrey (Corporate, London)
Tim Sales (Litigation & Arbitration, London)
Vanessa Whitman (Finance Disputes, London)
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