Three lawyers from Herbert Smith’s Asia offices have been made partners, as part of the firm’s annual partnership exercise.

Tokyo disputes lawyer Gavin Margetson, Singapore energy lawyer Lewis McDonald and Shanghai arbitration lawyer May Tai will join the firm’s partnership in May.

The rest of the partners have been made up outside of Asia, with 14 in Europe and only one in the Middle East – corporate lawyer Paul Scarr in Abu Dhabi. All up, the firm will have 272 partners as of May. 

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