Walkers, the leading International Financial Centre law firm, is delighted to announce that a number of attorneys across its global network have been promoted to partner, as part of the firm’s annual promotions process.

A total of eleven individuals across five of Walkers’ international offices have been promoted to partner, which represents a significant expansion in order to meet the growing needs of our clients. Walkers’ new partners are in the following offices and practice groups and their considerable expertise and experience will support the continued growth and success of the firm.

British Virgin Islands:     Marianne Rajic (Investment Funds)

Cayman Islands:                Ben Benson (Investment Funds)

Caroline Heal (Investment Funds

Tim Ludford-Thomas (Investment Funds)

Lindsay Luttermann (Dispute Resolution)

Ramesh Maharaj (Finance & Corporate / Investment Funds)

Richard Munden (Finance & Corporate)

Michael Padarin (Investment Funds)

Dubai:                                     Daniel Wood (Finance & Corporate / Investment Funds)

Dublin:                                   Noeleen Ruddy (Finance & Corporate)

Hong Kong:                         Kristen Kwok (Finance & Corporate)

“Over the course of several decades, Walkers has gained its position as one of the leading International Financial Centre law firms by investing in the industry’s top talent and ensuring that the right people and processes are in place to serve our clients in any and all of the jurisdictions they require,” commented Diarmad Murray, Global Managing Partner with Walkers. “These promotions underscore Walkers’ ongoing commitment to this strategy and will ensure the firm is well positioned for sustained growth. We are delighted to welcome these individuals to the partnership.”

Respected and trusted by many of the biggest clients in the business, Walkers has been instructed by all of The American Lawyer’s Top 25 firms over the past three years. Walkers was recently named ‘Cayman Islands Law Firm of the Year 2012’ by leading legal directory Who’s Who Legal for the sixth consecutive occasion and had more partners ranked in the 2012 edition of the ‘International Who’s Who of Investment Funds Lawyers’ than any other law firm worldwide.

From offices in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Delaware, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, Jersey, London and Singapore, the Walkers Group provides legal and management services to leading FORTUNE 100 and FTSE 100 global corporations and financial institutions, capital markets participants, investment fund managers, and growth-and middle-market companies. The Walkers Group is comprised of leading international law firm, Walkers and Walkers Management Services, which specialises in corporate and fiduciary services.

Walkers’ expertise has been validated by numerous awards including “Offshore Law Firm of the Year” by Alpha Magazine, The Lawyer, PLC Which Lawyer? and Asian Legal Business. Walkers has also been honoured as the PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook Leading Cayman Islands Law Firm, Who’s Who Legal Law Firm of the Year: Cayman Islands and has shared honours for “Offshore Legal Team of the Year” by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).