Law Firm Partner Promotions - Page 2

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

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Weil makes up 18 in latest partner promotions round

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

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

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

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Simpson Thacher elevates 44 to partnership in record promotion round

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

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Cleary makes up 26 in latest partner promotions round

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

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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

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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

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Co-founder of Powell Gilbert joins Morgan Lewis

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

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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

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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

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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

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DLA Piper unveils 63-strong partner promotion round

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

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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

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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

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Addleshaw Goddard makes up 26 in record partner promotion round

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

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Clyde & Co elevates 19 to partner in latest promotions round

Women account for 47% of cohort, the highest in four years, though overall promotions fall by more than a quarter

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Freshfields beats gender target for fourth year in a row in latest partner promotion round

Magic Circle firm elevates 23 to partner, with women accounting for more than half of promotions

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Fourteen women make the cut in Herbert Smith Freehills’ 27-strong partner promotions round

New partners strengthen firm’s private capital, energy transition and ESG offerings

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A&O Shearman announces first partner promotions round ahead of May merger


Allen & Overy accounts for 32 of the promotions and Shearman eight, with women making up 42% of the cohort

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Skadden elevates 21 to partnership in latest promotions round

US promotions dominate this year’s cohort, though overall numbers are lower than 2023’s round

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