Clyde & Co reveals largest intake of insurance partners, 52% women

Global insurance-focused law firm  Clyde & Co has made a record number of equity partner promotions, of which 52% are women, in its largest round in three years.

The London-based firm has promoted 23 equity partners across its global network, its largest round since 2019. For the second time in three years, over half (12), or 52%, of the promotions are women, a significant improvement on the last year when women made up 38% of the total.

Overall, insurance saw the largest intake of new partners with 14 promotions, spread across three sectors: projects & construction; energy, marine & natural resources; and aviation.

A majority (16) of these promotions are outside of the UK. Clyde & Co has nearly 60 offices and associated offices across six continents.

Eight of the promoted partners are based in North America, seven in the UK, five in the Middle East & Africa (MEA), two in continental Europe and one in Asia Pacific (APAC).

Carolena Gordon (pictured), the company’s senior partner, said “it is particularly satisfying and important” to promote exceptional talent from within the company.

“Our diverse 2022 team of new partners have all displayed the legal skills, client focus and technical expertise that we expect from our people, but they have also demonstrated the collegiality, leadership skills, drive, and empathy that we look for in our partners and leaders. They are a credit to the firm and I wish them well in the next stage of their careers,” she said.

Daniel Lever is the firm’s first projects & construction partner in the US while in the UK, its energy, marine and natural resources practice is strengthened through the addition of three female partners – Marta Jarque Branguli, Giovanna Cabbia and Marie-Anne Moussalli – providing both transactional and disputes services to these sectors.

In Canada, the promotion of insurance lawyer Noémie Bégin to partner in Montreal follows the opening of an office in Vancouver last year, in which the firm expanded its presence into the west of the country, a significant insurance market. The firm has grown to become one of the leading insurance law firm in Canada acting for both domestic and international insurers.

Furthermore, three partner promotions in Johannesburg – Ina Iyer, Thomas Lawrenson and Christopher MacRoberts – mark a significant expansion for the firm in South Africa where it now has 19 partners and 50 lawyers in total across its Johannesburg and Cape Town offices.

In Paris, the promotion of Olga Jefremova comes as the firm this year celebrates 30 years since it first opened an office in the city and in continental Europe.

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