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• Lawrence Graham promotes four to partnership in London

  Apr 19 2012 Lawrence Graham has announced the promotion of four associates to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from two last year. The four new partners, all... more

• Which UK firms offer best prospects for promotion to partnership?

  Apr 09 2012 RollOnFriday has taken a look at the partnership promotion statistics for UK firms to try to get a picture of which firms offer the best chance of partnership. The... more

• Bird & Bird starts toward ambitious goals in Asia with four new partners

  Mar 26 2012 Bird & Bird has boosted capacity across its Asia network with the addition of four partners. Lorraine Tay leaves a role as the head of Baker & McKenzie’s Singapore... more

• AZB makes an internal partner promotion in Delhi

  Mar 19 2012 AZB & Partners has promoted corporate senior associate Debashish Sankhari to its partnership, bringing the Delhi office to 18 partners. Sankhari commented on the... more

• Wragge & Co promotes 3 to partnership

  Mar 08 2012 Wragge & Co has promoted three lawyers to the partnership, ending the promotions freeze that saw the firm hiring, rather than promoting, talent in 2011. The new... more

• Amarchand promotes associate to lead Hyderabad practice

  Dec 31 2011 Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted principal associate Anshuman Jaiswal to the partnership, and has given him leadership of the Hyderabad practice, replacing Kartik... more

• Herbert Smith appoints new head of Asia dispute resolution practice

  Nov 24 2011 Herbert Smith has appointed litigation specialist Gavin Lewis as the new head of their Asia dispute resolution practice. Lewis takes over from Mark Johnson, who has... more

• Scottish firm Ledingham Chalmers appoints new Chair

  Oct 03 2011 Scottish law firm Ledingham Chalmers has appointed a new chairperson, elevating partner and construction expert Jennifer Young to replace incumbent David Laing. The... more

• Ashurst appoints new managing partner in Abu Dhabi

  Sep 23 2011 Ashurst has appointed a new managing partner for the Abu Dhabi practice, with corporate partner Alastair Holland taking over from David Wadham. Wadham, who has... more

• Eversheds joins UK gender equality initiative

  Sep 20 2011 Eversheds has become the first law firm to sign up to a new voluntary gender reporting initiative launched by the UK Government. The ‘Think, Act, Report' initiative... more

• Bombay High Court elevates 15 lawyers to senior counsel, none of them women

  Sep 09 2011 The Bombay High Court has elevated 15 lawyers to the status of senior counsel. None of the 15 are women, and the process has come under fire on this and other bases.... more

• Ashurst demoted 17 partners down the lockstep last year

  Aug 08 2011 An internal document from Ashurst has revealed the list of partners’ equity points over the last two years, showing that multiple partners were demoted down the... more

• Travers Smith promotes 5 to partnership, including part-time lawyer

  May 18 2011 Travers Smith has announced the promotion of five lawyers to the partnership in this year’s promotions round, up from four last year. This promotions round... more

• Freshfields boosts China practice with promotion and relocations

  May 02 2011 International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its China practice, promoting Hong Kong-based partner Teresa Ko to lead the practice and transferring... more

• DLA Piper promotes 53 to partnership globally

  Apr 21 2011 DLA Piper has announced the promotion of 53 lawyers to the partnership in its global promotopns round for 2011, up from 41 last year. There are 17 new partners in the... more

• US firm Fish & Richardson appoints new litigation head

  Apr 04 2011 US firm Fish & Richardson has appointed IP litigator Ann Cathcart Chaplin as head of the firm's litigation practice. Chaplin takes over the role from outgoing... more

• Debevoise maintains strong record on women in partnership

  Apr 01 2011 Debevoise & Plimpton has announced the promotion of three lawyers to the partnership, two of whom are women. Looking back over the past four years, the firm’s recod on... more

• Report shows the instability of lateral hires

  Mar 16 2011 Consultant firm Motive Legal has produced a report that tracks the movement of partners hired in the UK over the last five years, tracking 1,944 lateral moves. The... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership globally

  Mar 10 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the promotion of 20 lawyers to the partnership in a new promotions round. Nine of the new partners will join the... more

• Spring bonuses abound while partnership prospects wither

  Feb 14 2011 Just one month after firms handed out their end of year bonuses, it seems that it is bonus time again. A number of firms have made announcements regarding ‘spring... more

• Orrick promotes eight to partnership

  Feb 06 2011 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has announced the promotion of eight lawyers to the partnership. Ralph Baxter, the firm’s Chairman and CEO, said: "The new partners... more

• Hogan Lovells appoints Stephen Kay as LA managing partner

  Jan 28 2011 Hogan Lovells has announced the appointment of corporate partner Stephen Kay as the managing partner of its Los Angeles office. Kay takes over the role from litigation... more

• Holman Fenwick & Willan hires partners in Paris, Brussels and London

  Jan 19 2011 Holman Fenwick & Willan hired three new partners, boosting corporate and regulatory practices in Paris, Brussels and London. Robert Follie of Hogan Lovells has... more

• Simmons & Simmons appoints new Managing Partner

  Dec 24 2010 Simmons & Simmons has appointed Jeremy Hoyland as the firm’s new Managing Partner, following a partnership vote. Hoyland succeeds Mark Dawkins in the role of... more

• SJ Berwin makes a promotion in response to London real estate departures

  Dec 06 2010 SJ Berwin has made an out of season promotion to the partnership, making up London-based associate Darren Rogers to real estate partner. The firm was planning on... more

• Chadbourne & Parke appoints new managing partner

  Dec 01 2010 US law firm Chadbourne & Parke has appointed a new managing partner. Andrew Giaccia – currently executive partner and the managing partner of the Washington DC office... more

• Clifford Chance appoints new practice head for India

  Nov 26 2010 UK firm Clifford Chance has announced that Geraint Hughes is to become the firm’s practice head for India, a market that is closed to foreign law firms. Hughes will... more

• WilmerHale appoints new co-managing partners

  Nov 23 2010 WilmerHale has announced that its current co-managing partners, Bill Lee and Bill Perlstein, will step aside to make way for new leadership. From 1 January 2012 Susan... more

• SNR Denton appoints UK Managing Partner

  Nov 11 2010 The newly merged firm SNR Denton has appointed Brandon Ransley as the new managing partner for the UK. Ransley will continue to act as head of the firm’s Milton Keynes... more

• Allen & Overy elect new management committee for global tax practice

  Nov 10 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the election of a new global head of tax. German partner Gottfried Breuninger will lead the tax management committee, assisted by two... more

• DLA Piper appoints new London managing partner

  Nov 09 2010 DLA Piper has appointed its new London managing partner. Tim Clement-Jones will take over from real estate partner Catherine Usher, who returns to fee-earning after a... more

• UK-based Firm Clifford Chance elects new Senior Partner

  Nov 04 2010 The UK’s highest grossing law firm, Clifford Chance, has elected a new Senior Partner. Malcolm Sweeting is a London-based partner, specialising in structured finance... more

• Bird & Bird loses 5-lawyer Paris IT team to DLA Piper

  Oct 27 2010 DLA Piper has boosted its Paris IT practice with the hire of a five-strong team of lawyers Bird & Bird. The team is led by Bird & Bird's international IT co-head... more

• Legal network Lex Mundi appoints new Chair

  Oct 25 2010 Lex Mundi, a global association of independent law firms with 160 member law firms and 21,000 lawyers, has elected a new Chair – Houthoff Buruma partner Michiel... more

• US-based firm Proskauer Rose apoints new Chairman

  Oct 06 2010 Proskauer Rose has appointed Joseph M Leccese as Chairman. Leccese will assume the role in January 2011, succeeding Allen I Fagin, who has served in the role for the... more

• Freshfields appoints London lawyer to role of Senior Partner

  Oct 01 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has elected Will Lawes to the position of senior partner, elevating him to a new international leadership team that will also include... more

• Australian firm Henry Davis York appoints new chairman

  Sep 20 2010 Henry Davis York has appointed Philip Crawford as the chairman of partners. Crawford is an insolvency, commercial and banking expert, and has worked with Henry Davis... more

• Clifford Chance appoints global real estate head

  Aug 24 2010 Clifford Chance has elected Spanish practice chief Alfonso Benavides to the position of global real estate head. Benavides will succeed Cliff McAuley, who has led the... more

• Freshfields appoints Simpsons counsel to equity partnership

  Jul 27 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its high-yield practice with the hire of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett counsel Gil Strauss. Strauss has been taken on as an... more

• Pannone appoints new Managing Partner

  May 17 2010 Pannone has appointed a new Managing Partner, with the role going to the firm’s clinical negligence head Emma Holt after an uncontested election. Holt has been a... more

• Linklaters promotes 14 to partnership

  Apr 26 2010 Linklaters has announced the promotion of 14 lawyers to the partnership. This year’s promotions round is a little lighter than the 2009 round, when 18 lawyers were... more

• White & Case appoints counsel Baldwin Cheng to partnership

  Apr 21 2010 White & Case has promoted bank and finance restructuring counsel Baldwin Cheng to the partnership and has relocated him from Hong Kong to Beijing. The firm continues... more

• Saudi Aramco veteran takes top legal post

  Apr 13 2010 The top legal role in Middle East energy giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Saudi Aramco) has been awarded to lawyer David Kultgen, who has worked with the company for 37... more

• Addleshaw Goddard chooses Monica Burch for Chairman

  Mar 31 2010 Addleshaw Goddard litigation partner Monica Burch has won the partnership’s backing to succeed senior partner Paul Lee following a contested election. Addleshaw... more

• Linklaters chooses a new German chief

  Mar 25 2010 Carl-Peter Feick – a partner at the Linklaters since 2001 who led the banking and capital markets practice since 2004 – has been elected the new head of the firm's... more

• New chairperson at Arent Fox

  Mar 10 2010 Mark Katz, formerly the co-chair of the business department, has been appointed as the new chairperson at Arent Fox. After 14 years in the top role Marc Fleischaker... more

• K&L Gates promotes 28 to partnership

  Jan 21 2009 K&L Gates has promoted 28 lawyers to the firm’s partnership. The firm’s corporate practice received six promotions, while other teams to benefit included real estate,... more

• Gibson Dunn promotes 13 lawyers to partner for 2009

  Dec 02 2008 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced that the firm has elected 13 new partners, effective January 1, 2009. The new partners represent a wide range of practice areas... more

• Kirkland & Ellis promotes 67 lawyers to partner

  Oct 08 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has appointed 67 of its lawyers to partner, with five of the US firm’s City associates being promoted... more

• Lovells promotes 46 to counsel role

  Jun 06 2008 Lovells has announced a bumper crop of counsel promotions, with 46 associates getting the nod. The promotions, effective 1 May, are spread across firm’s offices... more

• Cosmetics firm sues Teri Hatcher for $2.4 million

  Dec 07 2007 Company charges 'Desperate Housewives' star promoted wrong brand. Teri Hatcher is being told to pucker up and pay $2.4 million to a skin-care products company that... more