White & Case has voted three new European partners onto its global management board – dashing hopes that the US giant’s European arm was set to dominate the firm’s senior management.

The vote, which closed on 21 January and was revealed on legalweek.com on 22 January, sees London partner Philip Stopford, Paris partner Gilles Peigney and Hamburg partner Eberhard Meincke all voted onto the New York-based firm’s board.