Linklaters’ partner promotions have fallen to 21 from 24 in 2013 and the firm has reduced its focus on the mainstream corporate group. The magic circle firm made up partners across 11 jurisdictions and eight practice areas but this year promoted only three made up in mainstream corporate compared to seven last year (29 April […]
Morgan Cole has promoted two partners to its Oxford and Cardiff offices as well as promoting 20 others members of staff within the firm. The firm has made up succession wills and tax lawyer James Greig in the Thames Valley and commercial lawyer Jason Richards, based in Oxford and Cardiff. Last year the firm promoted […]
Pinsent Masons has made up three women in a round of 15 partnership promotions that take effect on 1 May. The round is up one on last year when it made up 14 partners, three of which were women (22 April 2013). At the start of this month Pinsent Masons unveiled plans to boost gender […]
Trowers & Hamlins has made its smallest promotions round in four years, making up four partners, down from seven the year before. It is a marked decrease on a high of 11 in 2012, when seven London partners were made up as well as one in the Middle East and Manchester (27 March 2012). The firm […]
Nabarro has slashed its partner promotions, making up three this year compared to its a bumper partner round of eight last year. It is a return to smaller promotion rounds for the firm, which made up five partners in 2011 (18 April 2011) but only one partner the year after. In 2013 the firm broke […]
Addleshaw Goddard has added eight to the partnership for the second year running, but the firm’s litigation practice has not taken a new partner into the fold. In London the firm has made up three partners in the real estate, corporate and commercial groups. Three have also been promoted in Leeds into the finance & […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner has taken eight associates into the partnership across its London, Moscow and Hong Kong offices. It is the smallest promotions round since 2010 when eight were promoted, compared with nine in 2013, 11 in 2012, and 13 in 2011. The bulk of the promotions were in the London corporate team, which took […]
Slaughters is quietly reshaping its partnership for a post-crunch, Asia-centric era Slaughter and May has always been conservative, setting itself apart from the magic circle with its three-stop-shop policy and consistently high profitability. So when change comes, it comes so slowly that many outsiders fail to notice. But take a closer look and you will […]
Burges Salmon has prioritised women and finance work in this year’s promotions round, with four lawyers joining the partnership – one more than last year. The rise comes following a drop in the number of new partners made up in 2013 compared to the previous year (30 April 2013). In 2012 Burges Salmon promoted seven […]
Slaughter and May has made up seven associates to partner in this year’s promotions round – the highest number of promotions in more than six years. All seven promotions are based in Slaughters’ London office, and will take effect from 1 May 2014. In both 2012 and 2013 the firm made up two associates to […]
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has made up six to its partnership in a round of promotions that will be effective from 1 April. Promotions are down by a third at the firm compared to last year’s nine promotions, which were focused mainly on its foreign offices (17 April 2013). This year all but one of […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made up 15 new partners in its 2014 promotion round, creeping up slightly from last year’s low of 14. Last year’s total (25 March 2013) was a big drop on the 2012 promotion round, when the firm added 20 partners to its ranks (28 March 2012). This year the firm has […]