Kirkland & Ellis has made up 10 partners in its London office as part of its largest-ever global partnership promotion round.

The US firm has made up a total of 122 partners globally, up from last year's then-record figure of 97.

The latest round has seen six men and four women in the firm's City office make the cut.

Like last year, the firm's City M&A and private equity practice has seen the most additions, with Tom Bartram, Dipak Bhundia, Melanie Johnson and Tom McCarthy all made up.

The other new City partners include James Esterkin in real estate finance, Philip McEachen in financial services regulatory, Andrea Renold in investment funds, Mike Robert-Smith in antitrust, Michael Taufner in capital markets and Jennifer Wilson in technology and intellectual property transactions.

The firm's founding office in Chicago saw the largest amount of new partners added, with 37 new appointments up from 25 last year. The firm's other US offices also saw promotions: 27 in New York; 10 in Los Angeles; eight apiece in San Francisco and Washington DC; seven in Houston; two each in Palo Alto and Boston; and one in Dallas.

Kirkland's Hong Kong office has also been boosted by the addition of seven new partners and the Shanghai office bolstered by two.

Only M&A and private equity partner Thomas Kravtiz was made up in the firm's Munich office, while the firm's Beijing outpost was the sole office to have not seen any promotions at all this year.

Kirkland has hired a number of heavyweight partners to its London office in recent months, including private equity star David Higgins from Freshfields at the beginning of the year and former Allen & Overy international property head Nicola Dagg in May.

Kirkland & Ellis 2018 promotions

London Tom Bartram – M&A and private equity, Dipak Bhundia – M&A and private equity, Melanie J Johnson – M&A and private equity, Tom McCarthy – M&A and private equity, James Esterkin – real estate finance, Philip McEachen – financial services regulatory, Andrea Renold – investment funds, Mike Robert-Smith – antitrust, Michael Taufner – capital markets, Jennifer F Wilson – technology and IP transactions.

Chicago Kourtney Baltzer – intellectual property litigation, Travis M Bayer – restructuring, Justin R Bernbrock – restructuring, Jeffrey S Bramson – litigation, Matthew Colman – technology and IP transactions, Britt Cramer – litigation, Nathan J Davis – M&A/private equity, Brian Delaney – investment funds, Bobby Earles – litigation, Joshua A Faulkner – real estate, Billy Foster – intellectual property litigation, Kathryn E Guilfoyle – litigation, Nicholas A Hemmingsen – investment funds, Ryan A Jackson – M&A/private equity, Susan V Kai – real estate, Michael P Keeley – capital markets, Kimberly L McGrath – real estate, Daniel J McQuade – investment funds, Andrew T Meyer – M&A/private equity, Dan Monico – litigation, Brett A Nerad – litigation, Zachary E Oswald – investment funds, Greg Polins – intellectual property litigation, Benjamin M Rhode – restructuring, Mariska S Richards – M&A/private equity, Matthew J Schlosser – M&A/private equity, Alexandra Schwarzman – restructuring, Christopher J Scully – investment funds, David A Serna – capital markets, Ravi S Shankar – litigation, Angela M Snell – restructuring, Peter Stach – M&A/private equity, Karl Stampfl – litigation, Ryan P Swan – investment funds, Jonathan K Tshiamala – litigation, Nicholas Wasdin – litigation, Eric L White – litigation.

Hong Kong Jennifer Feng – investment funds, Han Gao – M&A/private equity, Karen Ho – debt finance, Carmen Lau – M&A/private equity, Amanda Tang – capital markets, Tarun Warriar – litigation/restructuring, Liyong Xing – investment funds.

Houston Ryan J Copeland – debt finance, John D Furlow – M&A/private equity, Chris Heasley – M&A/private equity, Chad Nichols – debt finance, Laura M Stake – investment funds, Kyle M Watson – M&A/private equity, Sarah E Williams – litigation.

Los Angeles Kevin Bendix – intellectual property litigation, Gavin C P Campbell – litigation, Annie Cheng – real estate, Faris N Elrabie – investment funds, Austin G Glassman – debt finance, Bianca Levin-Soler – M&A/private equity, Nichole E Lopez-Tackett – debt finance, Austin C Norris – litigation, Benjamin Maxwell Sadun – litigation, W F Cody Sonntag – real estate.

New York Carrie J Bodner – litigation, Ryan K Brissette – M&A/private equity, Jared M Bryant – debt finance, Matthew Fagen – restructuring, Elizabeth A Freechack – M&A/private equity, James Jian Hu – M&A/private equity, Luke R Jennings – capital markets, Samuel I Kaplan – capital markets, Andrew D Kimball – M&A/private equity, Adam Kool – tax, Jayk Kooper – M&A/private equity, Sam Kwon – intellectual property litigation, Terence Y Leong – litigation, Thomas M Marbury – M&A/private equity, Duncan K R McKay – debt finance, Jessica T Murray – M&A/private equity, Keri Schick Norton – M&A/private equity, Eddy Park – real estate, Michael J Pergler – investment funds, Lauren H Rakower – M&A/private equity, Aaron D Resetarits – intellectual property litigation, Ryan Roberts – tax, Christina Shin – antitrust/competition, Michelle Six – litigation, Ian Spain – litigation, Yuli Wang – debt finance, Aparna Yenamandra – restructuring.

Palo Alto Amir Freund – intellectual property litigation, Jonathan Manor – M&A/private equity.

San Francisco Reza Dokhanchy – intellectual property litigation, Jacob H Johnston – litigation, Barry S Le Vine – investment funds, Natalie M Logan – M&A/private equity, Austin S Pollet – M&A/private equity, Kristen P L Reichenbach – intellectual property litigation, Christopher Wynne – investment funds, Heidi Yuen – tax.

Washington DC Devin S Anderson – litigation, Ronald K Anguas Jr – litigation, Kathleen A Brogan – litigation, Tracie Bryant – litigation, Abigail E Lauer – intellectual property litigation, Christopher J Maner – litigation, Kasdin Miller Mitchell – appellate litigation, C Harker Rhodes IV – appellate litigation.

Boston Amanda C Border – M&A/private equity, Katherine V Coverdale – executive compensation.

Dallas Benjamin Adelson – M&A/private equity.

Munich Dr Thomas Krawitz – M&A/private equity.

Shanghai Shuting Qi – M&A/private equity, Rongjing Zhao – M&A/private equity.