Baker McKenzie has promoted seven London lawyers to its partnership in an 81-strong intake of new partners around the world, bringing the total number of partners to 1,550.

The new London partners are intellectual property and tech lawyers Helen Brown and Julia Hemmings, private equity lawyers David Hart and Phelim O’Doherty, banking and finance lawyer Sarah Porter, antitrust and competition lawyer James Robinson, and disputes resolution lawyer Gemma Willingham.