The appointments cover five offices, with five partners based in the UK and EMEA region, and one in Asia-Pacific. As new partners they will focus on supporting the firm's clients across its four global sectors and on delivering smarter solutions in these challenging times. Four of this year's partner promotions are women.
The new partners and areas of practice are:

Colin Passmore, senior partner, commented: “I would like to congratulate our new partners on this huge achievement and welcome them to the partnership. This is a talented group of lawyers that have shown a remarkable commitment to our firm’s clients, culture and values. I’m confident they will help us to navigate these turbulent times and continue to grow and strengthen our market-leading offering across the globe. I’m delighted that more than half of our new partners this year are women, demonstrating the firm’s commitment to gender diversity within the partnership and the legal profession as a whole.”
