CMS has made up 16 women to partner in the U.K. as part of its largest-ever global promotion round.
The 16 form the majority of the 21-lawyer group in the U.K., amid a 49-strong global round – its largest ever.
New London-based partners include real estate lawyer Lindsey Barrett, pensions lawyer Johanna Clarke, employment lawyer Anna Cope, intellectual property lawyer Caitlin Heard and real estate finance partner Josie Hearnden.
The global promotions span 23 cities across Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.
In the U.K, the 21 promotions are spread across the firm's seven offices – London, Bristol, Sheffield, Manchester, Reading, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
It marks the first time partners have been made up in Sheffield, Manchester and Reading – which the firm gained in its three-way merger two years ago.
Last year, CMS made up 11 partners in the U.K., all in its London office.
CMS partner promotions 2019 in full:
Austria
Andrea Potz – employment and pensions – Vienna
Belgium
Virginie Frémat – corporate, Brussels
Bulgaria
Dimitar Zwiatkow – banking and finance, Sofia
Chile
Rodrigo Campero – dispute resolution, Santiago
Croatia
Jelena Nushol – banking and finance, Zagreb
Marija Zrno – corporate/M&A, Zagreb
France
Benoît Bailly – tax, Paris
Jean-Charles Benois – tax, Paris
Mathieu Daudé – tax, Paris
Bruno Dondero – corporate/M&A, Paris
Christophe Leclère – tax, Paris
Arnaud Reygrobellet – banking and finance, commercial, Paris
Nicolas Riou – tax, Paris
Germany
Dr Daniel Otte – corporate/M&A, Cologne
Christoff Soltau – competition and EU, Hamburg
Dr Peter Wende – dispute resolution, Stuttgart
Mexico
César Lechuga Perezanta – corporate/M&A, real estate, Mexico City
Luis Fernández Lagunas – energy, corporate/M&A, Mexico City
Peru
Cecilia Vargas – employment, Lima
Miguel Viale – banking and finance, Lima
Poland
Łukasz Dynysiuk – corporate/M&A, tax, Warsaw
Marek Oleksyn – intellectual property, Warsaw
Portugal
Fernando Cruz Trinca – commercial, Lisbon
Nuno Figueirôa Santos – tax, Lisbon
Slovakia
Petra Čorba Stark – corporate/M&A, Bratislava
Michal Hut'an – real estate, energy, Bratislava
Ukraine
Tetyana Dovgan – corporate/M&A, Kyiv
United Arab Emirates
Rob Flaws – technology and media, Dubai
United Kingdom
Paula Kidd – energy (oil and gas), Aberdeen
Carol Nisbet – real estate, Aberdeen
Robert Jones – contentious insurance, Bristol
Mark McMurray – planning, Glasgow
Jenny Walker – infrastructure and projects, Edinburgh
Lauren Alder – tax, London
Gordon Anton – corporate/M&A, London
Lindsey Barrett – real estate, London