Walker Morris taught its associates to sell better – and then make partner
Making partner can be stressful, full of uncertainty and unmet promises. Walker Morris’s new formal scheme hopes to change that.
Six make the grade in Travers promotions
Travers Smith has revealed a cohort of six partner promotions in its latest round. This round marks an increase of one from last year’s five, after a drop of nearly half compared to Travers’ largest partner cohort to date of 11 in 2022. The promotions cover a broad range of practice areas including Ingrid Hodgskiss […]
Addleshaws is turning your lawyers into partners
Talk of associates losing faith in the partnership track is nowhere to be seen at Addleshaw Goddard, which recently unveiled its largest round to date. The partnership count is currently running at 429 – up 75 per cent from the 245 it housed back in 2019. Those promotions show a firm that is bullish about […]
Clifford Chance promotes 14 in the City
Clifford Chance has unveiled a global promotions of 29, including 14 in its London office. The magic circle firm’s promotions are slightly lower than last year’s bumper global round of 32 and 37 in 2022. In the London office, five have been made up in its global financial markets group: Bryony Theaker, Isabella Mashru, Neil […]
Ashurst promotions: Eight City lawyers make the grade
In its largest promotions round ever, Ashurst has elevated eight London lawyers to partner out of 30 worldwide. The firm has made up eight lawyers in London, as well as seven in Sydney. In total, 17 promotions were made in Ashurst’s Australian offices, meaning just five were made outside of either London or Australia. Loans […]
Addleshaws, Eversheds and Simmons unveil partner promotions
Partnership promotions are continuing apace, with three City firms announcing a fresh new set of partners for 2024. Addleshaw Goddard has bumped up 26 lawyers this promotions round, which is the largest number of lawyers to make partner in one go in the firm’s history. The international firm’s partner count now stands at 429. Nine […]
Dentons boosts London office with bumper promotions round
Dentons has promoted 12 lawyers to partner in the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) this year, including nine partners in London. Of the remaining three promotions, two were made in Glasgow and one was made in Abu Dhabi. Most of the promotions have been made in the projects team, with Claudia Thomas and Graham […]
Freshfields promotions 2024: Six make the cut in London
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made up 23 lawyers to partner globally in its smallest round for three years. Last year, the magic circle promoted 30 to partnership worldwide, with 27 making the grade in 2022. There were 22 elevations in 2021. As a result, the London set is also slightly smaller than in previous years. […]
CMS unveils 54-strong promotions round
CMS’s promotion numbers have ebbed slightly in its latest round seeing 10 elevated to the partnership in the UK and a total of 54 globally. In 2023, CMS promoted 65 lawyers to partner globally, with 16 of these in the UK, compared with 40 in mainland Europe. For this year the UK cohort is made […]
HSF promotions: Eight make the grade in London
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has promoted 27 lawyers to partnership, with eight making the grade in London. This year’s cohort is smaller than last year, when 32 promotions were announced, but it brings the figure back in line with pre-pandemic rounds. Over half of this year’s cohort has been promoted in the UK and Australia, […]
A&O Shearman: 40 partners made up ahead of merger
Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling have announced the first promotions round for A&O Shearman, with 40 lawyers making the grade. Ahead of the merger going live next month, A&O has made up 32 partners, while Shearman has promoted eight. In the UK, A&O has promoted a total of nine partners across the firm’s […]
Pinsents hits 500 partners in latest promotions round
Pinsent Masons has promoted 22 of its global lawyers to partnership, taking the total number of partners at the firm above 500. The numbers have slightly dropped down from the 25-strong cohort of last year, although 14 made partner in the UK, which is consistent with its numbers in 2023 and is just three fewer than […]