"I am delighted to welcome Matthew, Melissa and Jiahua to the partnership in Asia Pacific," said Peter Charlton, Clifford Chance’s Regional Managing Partner, Asia Pacific. "They have all shown a strong commitment to exceptional client service and already play leadership roles in their practice areas. I congratulate them on this major accomplishment."

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The firm announced a total of 20 lawyers to the partnership from the firm’s 35-office global network. The new partners are drawn from offices around the firm’s global network and reflect the firm’s continued investment in developing sustainable depth and breadth of expertise across geographies, products and sectors. The promotions bring the total number of partners in the firm to 589.

David Childs, Clifford Chance Managing Partner comments, "Many of this year’s new partners have demonstrated a strong commitment to supporting the growth of the firm’s offering internationally, including leading development efforts in a wide range of markets beyond their ‘home’ office, into Scandinavia, the Middle East, Latin America and South East Asia. This international mind-set is at the heart of our firm’s culture and it is very pleasing to see our principles so clearly embodied in these individuals. I would like to extend my congratulations to each of them and warmly welcome them all to our partnership."

The other newly promoted partners are the following:

Peter Christ – Düsseldorf, Corporate

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Clifford Cone – New York, Capital Markets

Peter Dahlen – London, Finance

Emmanuel Durand – Paris, L&DR

Tom Evans – London, Corporate

Simon Greenberg – Paris, L&DR

Antonio Henriquez – Madrid, Capital Markets

Oliver Hipperson – London, Finance

Ross Howard – Paris, Finance

Nick Hughes – London, Corporate

Gerold Jaeger – Frankfurt, Real Estate

Paul Latto – Riyadh, Finance

Ferdinando Poscio – Milan, Finance

Maxine Mossman – London, L&DR

Thomas Reischauer – Frankfurt, Real Estate

Titus de Vries – Amsterdam, Finance

José Luis Zamarro – Madrid, Corporate