Clifford Chance: 29 Lawyers Promoted To Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry • May 2, 2024

British law firm Clifford Chance has announced it has promoted 29 lawyers to partnership. These new partners highlight the strength and diversity of top talent available to clients across international markets, products, and sectors aligned with the firm’s global growth strategy.

Of the promotions, 11 promoted were female (about 38%). And 20% of the 15 new US and UK partners who disclosed ethnicity identified as under-represented minority ethnic partners. The Clifford Chance global partnership now comprises 661 partners. These are the new partners:

  1. Ahmed Choudhry, GFM, Riyadh
  2. Axel Wittmann, GFM, Frankfurt
  3. Bryony Theaker, GFM, London
  4. Carla Ruggero, Corporate, New York
  5. Chloé Desreumaux, GFM, Paris
  6. Christopher Fischer, TPE, Frankfurt
  7. Daniel Mutisya, Corporate, London
  8. David Neu, GFM, Munich
  9. Edward Page, TPE, London
  10. Elodie Cinconze, Corporate, Paris
  11. Harriet Martin, Corporate, London
  12. Isabella Mashru, GFM, London
  13. James Lloyd-Thomas, Corporate, London
  14. Jason Epstein, L&DR, London
  15. Jeremy Barker, GFM, Dubai
  16. Julia Dreosti, L&DR, Perth
  17. Katherine Sinclair, GFM, London
  18. María Sabau, GFM, Madrid
  19. Martin Power, World Firm, London
  20. Masafumi Shikakura, Corporate, Tokyo
  21. Matteo Sbraga, GFM, London
  22. Michael Pallaras, GFM, Hong Kong
  23. Neil Cavanagh, GFM, London
  24. Paul Hauser, L&DR, Frankfurt
  25. Robert Tang, L&DR, Sydney
  26. Sam Brown, L&DR, London
  27. Shimin Lee, Corporate, London
  28. Stephanie Dunne, Corporate, London
  29. Tim Heerschop, Corporate, Amsterdam

KEY QUOTES:

“Investing in and nurturing our top talent in the areas where we can have the biggest impact on our clients’ success, is right at the heart of our one firm global strategy. We look forward to these exceptional individuals continuing to achieve fantastic outcomes for our clients and to help define our long-term success as one of the world’s leading global elite firms.”

  • Charles Adams, Clifford Chance Global Managing Partner

Huge congratulations to each of our newly-promoted partners. They each bring the experience, skills and perspectives as well as a collaborative team approach coupled with deep commercial acumen, that allows them to deliver the full strength of our global platform and capabilities for the benefit of our clients and the wider firm.”

  • Adrian Cartwright, Clifford Chance Global Senior Partner