Clifford Chance Makes Up Nine Partners in London As Promotions Hit 10-Year High
The magic circle firm's appointments are focused largely on the U.K. and Asia Pacific.
April 25, 2019 at 05:28 AM
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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
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