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US partner promotions: Jones Day makes up two in London from 47-strong round

Jones Day has become the latest US firm to announce its partner promotion round with 4% of the 47-strong round making the ranks in London.

Two lawyers were promoted in London – Anthony Whall who advises on UK corporate and international tax matters, and Glyn Powell from the investigations practice. All promotions will go into effect 1 January 2016.

The total number of promotions has risen since last year when the firm made up 42 lawyers including three City promotions, and a significantly reduced round in 2013 which saw 34 make the ranks with two in London.

The bulk of this year’s round was made up in the US including in the firm’s New York, Atlanta, Washington DC, Chicago, Boston and Pittsburg offices.

Outside of the US and apart from London, promotions were made in Mexico City, Dubai, Singapore, Taipei, Brussels, Paris, Dusseldorf, Munich and Irvine.

In comparison Mayer Brown’s City lawyers made up just 7% of its total round worldwide; Ropes & Gray promoted two new London partners in global round of 17; Baker & McKenzie in contrast made up just three City lawyers in a 83-strong promotions; while Reed Smith promoted seven in the City in a 24-strong partnership round.

jaishree.kalia@legalease.co.uk

The partner promotions in full by office:

Gabriel Altamirano, Antitrust & Competition Law, Mexico City

Rodrigo Gómez Ballina, Tax, Mexico City

Shireen Becker, Investigations & White Collar Defense, San Diego

Andrew Bengtson, Real Estate, Cleveland

Bradley Harrison, Business & Tort Litigation, Cleveland

Justin Herdman, Investigations & White Collar Defense, Cleveland

Susan Prewitt, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Cleveland

Kevin Samuels, Banking & Finance, Cleveland

Casey Bradford, Energy, Atlanta

Kendel Drew, Banking & Finance, Atlanta

Jason Burnette, Issues & Appeals, Atlanta

Edward Carter, Business & Tort Litigation, Columbus

Jason Grove, Private Equity, Columbus

Jennifer Chheda, Intellectual Property, New York

Michael Cohen, Business Restructuring & Reorganization, New York

Benjamin Grossman, Mergers & Acquisitions, New York

Jennifer Del Medico, Business & Tort Litigation, New York

Rory Hood, Capital Markets, New York

Robert da Silva Ashley, Banking & Finance, New York

Dennis Rimkunas, Tax, New York

Laura Washington Sawyer, Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation, New York

Adam Verstandig, Real Estate, New York

Alain Dermarkar, Mergers & Acquisitions, Dallas

Matthew Divelbiss, Business & Tort Litigation, Pittsburgh

Margaret (Meg) Gleason, Business & Tort Litigation, Pittsburgh

Miguel Eaton, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Washington

Nathaniel Garrett, Issues & Appeals, San Francisco

David Wallach, Global Disputes, San Francisco

Matthew Hertko, Intellectual Property, Chicago

Melissa Hirst, Business & Tort Litigation, Chicago

Jacqueline Lee, Intellectual Property, Silicon Valley

Paul Lettow, Government Regulation, Washington

Sebastian Martinek, Intellectual Property, Boston

Joseph Sconyers, Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation, Boston

Nicole Perry, Business & Tort Litigation, Houston

Anna Raimer, Intellectual Property, Houston

Glyn Powell, Investigations & White Collar Defense, London

Anthony Whall, Tax, London

Stefan Schneider, Private Equity, Munich

Jakob Guhn, Intellectual Property, Dusseldorf

Audrey Bontemps, Mergers & Acquisitions, Paris

Jean-Gabriel Griboul, Private Equity, Paris

Vanessa Foncke, Global Disputes, Brussels

Sean Boyce, Global Disputes, Dubai

Karthik Kumar, Projects & Infrastructure, Singapore

Edward Chang, Business & Tort Litigation, Irvine

Po-Chien Chen, Global Disputes, Taipei