Law Firm Partner Promotions

Milbank makes up 17 in latest partner promotions round

New York stalwart promotes heavily in hometown and across alternative investments and energy

  • 6d

Five-partner promotions round for Hausfeld celebrates female legal talent

Dispute boutique’s largest partner class since 2019 includes lawyer involved in mammoth Trucks Cartel litigation

  • 2w

Jones Day promotes 37 to partner in latest US-dominated round

Corporate and litigation dominate cohort that follows larger rounds in previous two years

  • 1mo

Sidley promotes 38 to partner in latest US-dominated round

Chicago firm also makes up 27 to counsel in largest combined class to date

  • 1mo

Paul Weiss makes up 34 in expanded partner promotions round

First round since US firm introduced non-equity partner tier sees cohort almost triple

  • 1mo

Twenty make the grade in Cooley’s latest partner promotions round

Three made up in London following exit of office managing partner Justin Stock for Akin in the summer

  • 1mo

Weil makes up 18 in latest partner promotions round

Firm’s largest round since 2021 dominated by restructuring and banking and finance

  • 1mo

Mayer Brown makes up 39 to partner in banking and finance-focused round

Promotions concentrated in firm’s Chicago headquarters, London and New York

  • 2mos

Simpson Thacher elevates 44 to partnership in record promotion round

Women make up almost half of promotions, up from 28% last year

  • 2mos

Cleary makes up 26 in latest partner promotions round

US firm completes first promotions round since it introduced non-equity partner tier

  • 2mos

Latham makes up 24 to partner as associate promotions fall for a second year

Women make up 50% of this year’s intake, up from 38% last year

  • 2mos

White & Case promotes 37 to partner as intake dips

The number of new women partners also fell, accounting for 22% of the total compared to 36% last year

  • 3mos

Co-founder of Powell Gilbert joins Morgan Lewis

Arrival of Tim Powell continues US firm’s European IP push

  • 3mos

Kirkland elevates 200 to partnership in latest round, with bulk of promotions in the US

Latest partner intake is down 2% on 2023’s record-breaking round

  • 3mos

Baker McKenzie completes 2024 partner promotions with 45-strong round

Summer tally follows 21 North and Latin America appointments in January with the overall proportion of women rising to more than half

  • 6mos

Clifford Chance elects 29 new partners in latest promotions round

Eleven women included in round that sees firm exceed ethnicity targets for third year running

  • 8mos

DLA Piper unveils 63-strong partner promotion round

Trimmed down cohort brings firm closer to goal of 30% female partnership by 2025

  • 8mos

Ashurst unveils another record promotions round as 30 make partner

Women make up half of internal partner promotions at Anglo Australian firm over five-year rolling average

  • 8mos

Women make up 60% of newly promoted Eversheds Sutherland international partners

Forty-strong round marks third consecutive year women have outnumbered men across UK, EMEA and Asia promotions

  • 9mos

Addleshaw Goddard makes up 26 in record partner promotion round

Women make up majority of round for firm in strong growth mode

  • 9mos
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