Baker McKenzie has promoted 85 lawyers to partner globally, in its largest round since 2016.

The majority of the firm's new lawyers hail from its tax and dispute resolution practice groups.

Baker McKenzie's EMEA offices, including bases in Germany, France, and Moscow, gained 19 new partners. In London, the firm's largest office, it added eight new partners.

In its Asia Pacific bases, including Singapore, Tokyo, Bangkok and Sydney, gained 18 new partners, while the remaining lawyers were promoted across the firm's U.S. offices.

Women accounted for 41% of this year's promotions, which is around the same figure as 2019.

This is the firm's largest partner promotions round since 2016, when 85 partners were also promoted in total.

Last year, the firm promoted seven London lawyers in an 81-strong round, while in 2018 it promoted 68 lawyers globally.

Some firms, including Ashurst and Simmons & Simmons, are delaying their partner promotion rounds due to COVID-19 disruption.

Baker McKenzie 2020 partner promotions in full:

Antitrust & Competition Paul Johnson (Belgium) Teisha Johnson (Washington)

Banking & Finance Duan Cui (Beijing) Grace Fung (Hong Kong) Masabumi Tamagawa (Tokyo) Eunice Tan (Singapore) Luka Lightfoot (London)

Capital Markets David Lin (Taipei)

Dispute Resolution Henry Chen (Shanghai) Eddie Chuah (Kuala Lumpur) Ian Innes (Brisbane) Wasin Leotwalaipong (Bangkok) Takeshi Yoshida (Tokyo) Ali Selim Demirel (Istanbul) Henry Garfield (London) Yindi Gesinde (London) Gaetano Iorio Fiorelli (Milan) Pavel Novikov (Moscow) Alfonso Curiel-Valtierra (Mexico City) Meghan Hausler (Dallas) Nicholas Kennedy (Dallas) Geoff Martin (Washington) Kyle Olson (Chicago)

Employment & Compensation Matthias Koehler (Berlin) Joanna Matthews-Taylor (Dubai) Antonio Vicoli (Milan) Sofia Chesnokova (San Francisco) Liliana Hernandez-Salgado (Mexico City) Billie Wenter (San Francisco)

International Commercial & Trade Junko Suetomi (Tokyo) Ben Smith (London) Christina Conlin (Chicago) Yana Ermak (Toronto)* Alexandre Lamy (Washington)

IP Tech Siranya Rhuvattana (Bangkok) Yosuke Takenaka (Tokyo) Carlos Davila-Peniche (Mexico City) Dyan House (Dallas) Marina Hurtado-Cruz (Mexico City) Harry Valetk (New York) Joshua Wolkoff (New York)

Mergers & Acquisitions Amnart Pitakgorn (Bangkok) Panyavith Preechabhan (Bangkok) Alexander Blaeser (Zurich) Juanjo Corral (Madrid) Thomas Edwards (London) Luis Fuster (Madrid) Gillis Kempe (Amsterdam) Saveria Laforce (Paris) Helene Parent (Paris) Bruno Dreifus (São Paulo) Daniel De Deo (Washington) Nathaniel Douglas (Washington) Nicole Sudhindra (Houston)

Projects Aylin Cunsolo (Melbourne) Eric Thianpiriya (Sydney) Giovani Tomasoni (São Paulo) Stanislav Sirot (Chicago)

Real Estate Stefanie Price (London) Niklas Wielandt (Frankfurt am Main) Anastasia Herasimovich (Chicago)

Tax Peggy Chiu (Taipei) Shih Hui Lee (Singapore) Natalie Dunne (London) Barbara Faini (Milan) Jana Fischer (Frankfurt) Matthew Legg (London) Hub Stolker (Amsterdam) Harald van Dobbenburgh (Amsterdam) Gregory Walsh (Zurich) Juliana Lemos (São Paulo) Luciana Nobrega (São Paulo) Stephanie Dewey (Toronto) Hector Diaz Santana Iturrios (Monterrey) Katie Fung (Chicago) Samuel Grilli (Chicago) Matthew Jenner (Chicago) Diana Juarez-Martinez (Mexico City) Peter Matejcak (Chicago) Michael Melrose (Miami) Alexandra Minkovich (Washington) Mireille Oldak (Washington) Vivek Patel (Washington) Joy Allison Williamson (Dallas)

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