Eversheds favours UK in 22-strong promotions round

The bulk of the new partners, 12, are based across the firm’s UK offices, with four in London, three each in Birmingham and Cardiff, and two in Newcastle.

Internationally, Johannesburg has received the next largest share of the new partners, with three making the grade in the firm’s office there. There have also been promotions in Berne, Geneva, Munich, Shanghai, Warsaw and Zurich.

In terms of practice groups, 10 have been made up in company commercial, eight in litigation and dispute resolution,  two in human resources and two in real estate.

Fifteen of the new partners are male.

In a statement, chief executive Bryan Hughes said: “The strength of our business reflects the strength of our people and we have some exceptional talent across Eversheds.

“To make partner, we ask our lawyers to demonstrate leadership, business acumen and excellence in client service alongside high quality legal expertise. We welcome all of these lawyers to our partnership because they possess all of these qualities and more.

“In one way or another they’ve all demonstrated a commitment to the firm’s strategy and will play a pivotal role as we continue to develop our practice in cities around the world.”

The total of 22 promotions is an increase on the 19 partners who made the grade last year (19 April 2010), but is still some way behind the 32 who were made up in 2009 (11 May 2009) and the 30 the firm promoted in 2008 (14 April 2008).

This year’s promotions in full are:

Berne
Oliver Beldi, company commercial

Birmingham
David Jones, litigation and dispute resolution
Katharine Vickery, litigation and dispute resolution
Antony Walsh, company commercial

Cardiff
Jean-Pascal Boutin, company commercial
Stuart Earle, human resources
Geraint Pullin Thomas, real estate

Geneva
Fabien Aepli, company commercial

Johannesburg
Melanie Murcott, litigation and dispute resolution
Goitse Pilane, company commercial
Elvis Simaya, litigation and dispute resolution

London
Phil Davies, human resources
Jamie Leader, company commercial
Neil Mohring, company commercial
James Roberts, real estate

Munich
Alexandra Bergmann, company commercial
Joos Hellert, company commercial

Newcastle
Claire Carroll, litigation and dispute resolution
Jessica Maitra, litigation and dispute resolution

Shanghai
Sharon Shi, company commercial

Warsaw
Iwo Gabrysiak, litigation and dispute resolution

Zurich
Monika McQuillen, litigation and dispute resolution