Bird & Bird's European offices benefit from promotions

Bird & Bird has appointed eight new partners, seven of which work in the firm’s European offices.

Germany promoted three, the most new partners of any jurisdiction. Fabian Niemann was promoted in the Frankfurt IT practice, with corporate partner Jiri Jäger and competition specialist Jörg Witting appointed in Düsseldorf.

Italy received two new partners, finance lawyer Raimondo Maggiore in Milan and telecoms partner Eutimio Monaco in Rome.

Madrid and Paris both made up one partner, Raquel Ballesteros and Romain Ferla respectively. London made up Anna Duffus, an IP lawyer.