Lovells has made up the largest number of its lawyers to partner since 2007, just before it rebrands and merges with US firm Hogan & Hartson in May. Twenty-one lawyers across its international offices have been made up, six of them from Asia and the Middle East. In 2007 the firm made up 31 lawyers to partner.
The firm has four new partners in Hong Kong, one in Shanghai and one in Dubai (see table). The new partnerships will come into effect on the day that Hogan Lovells officially launches, and with these additional partners, it will have more than 800 partners in offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.
Lovells’ previous years’ elections to partnership
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Year
|
Number of partner promotions
|
|
2009
|
19
|
|
2008
|
18
|
|
2007
|
31
|
|
2006
|
18
|
|
2005
|
12
|
|
2004
|
15
|
|
2003
|
17
|
|
2002
|
19
|
|
2001
|
24
|
Hogan Lovells’ new partners in Asia & Middle East
|
Partner
|
Practice area
|
Location
|
|
Geoffrey Lin
|
IPMT
|
Shanghai
|
|
James Fong
|
Corporate
|
Hong Kong
|
|
Deanna Wong
|
IPMT
|
Hong Kong
|
|
Kelly Naphtali
|
BRI
|
Hong Kong
|
|
Christopher Dobby
|
Litigation
|
Hong Kong
|
|
Imran Mufti
|
Banking
|
Dubai
|