Clifford Chance has bumped up 30 lawyers to partner rank in its largest promotions round since the financial crisis.

Nine of the promotions came in London and nine in the Asia-Pacific region. Eight were in continental Europe, three in the Americas and one in the Middle East.

This year's round is 33 percent female, bringing the percentage of women in the Magic Circle firm's partnership to 20 percent.

The London promotions include capital markets lawyers Andrew Kelly and Kate Vyvyan; corporate lawyers Jennifer Mbaluto and Alexander Chester; finance lawyers Peter Chapman, Nicholas Kinnersley and Caroline Dawson; disputes lawyer Kate Scott; and tax, pensions and employment lawyer Richard Kalaher.

As of 1 May the firm expects to have 581 partners, a spokesperson said.

Clifford Chance global managing partner Matthew Layton said in a statement: "These promotions underline our continued investment in those areas that are increasingly important to our clients, such as regulatory and internal investigations, tech and sector specialisms such as funds and investment management.

"They also reflect our commitment to ensure that the diversity of our partnership develops to reflect the rich pool of talent across our global firm today."

Clifford Chance 2019 partner promotions

Americas

Madalyn Miller – finance, New York

Guido Liniado – finance, New York

Michelle Williams – litigation and dispute resolution, Washington

Asia Pacific

Tianning Xiang – corporate, Beijing

Mark Chan – capital markets, Hong Kong

Rocky Mui – corporate, Hong Kong

Christine Xu – corporate, Hong Kong

Vicky Ma – finance, Hong Kong

Tom Walsh – litigation and dispute resolution, Hong Kong

Lei Shi – litigation and dispute resolution, Shanghai

Gareth Deiner – capital markets, Singapore

Nadia Kalic – corporate, Sydney

Continental Europe

Jan-Hendrik Horsmeier – corporate, Amsterdam

Dorothée Vermeiren – litigation and dispute resolution, Brussels

Stefan Bruder – corporate, Frankfurt

David Pasewaldt – litigation and dispute resolution, Frankfurt

Kristof Meynaerts – corporate, Luxembourg

Martin Wurth – finance, Luxembourg

Ignacio Díaz – litigation and dispute resolution, Madrid

Gauthier Martin – litigation and dispute resolution, Paris

Middle East

Tariq Imam – real estate, Dubai

United Kingdom

Andrew Kelly – capital markets, London

Kate Vyvyan – capital markets, London

Jennifer Mbaluto – corporate, London

Alexander Chester – corporate, London

Peter Chapman – finance, London

Nicholas Kinnersley – finance, London

Caroline Dawson – finance, London

Kate Scott – litigation and dispute resolution, London

Richard Kalaher – tax, pensions and employment, London