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• Taylor Wessing shakes up leadership

  May 16 2012 Taylor Wessing has overhauled its management structure in an effort to introduce younger partners into the firm’s leadership. The firm’s trademark, copyright and... more

• DLA Piper promotes seven to the partnership in Asia-Pacific

  May 09 2012 DLA Piper has promoted seven lawyers to the partnership across the Asia-Pacific region, and has elevated six lawyers to special counsel. The details of the... more

• Freshfields promotes 17 to counsel rank

  May 07 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its ranks of counsel with the hire of corporate specialist Ethan Jin from the Hong Kong office of Clifford Chance and the... more

• Stephenson Harwood promotes three to partnership

  May 03 2012 London firm Stephenson Harwood has promoted three associates to the partnership in its annual promotions round, down from four last year. Promotions went to... more

• BLP promotes 11 in annual promotions round

  Apr 23 2012 Berwin Leighton Paisner has promoted 11 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round - a slight decrease on the 13 promotions made last year. Managing... more

• Irwin Mitchell elevates six to partnership; offers equity to non-lawyer

  Apr 18 2012 Irwin Mitchell has elevated six to the partnership in its annual promotions round, with four joining the salaried partnership two joining the equity partnership in its... more

• Bird & Bird promotes 12 to partnership

  Apr 11 2012 Bird & Bird has promoted 12 lawyers to the partnership this year, a dramatic increase on last year’s figures, when only two lawyers were made up. CEO David Kerr... more

• Slaughter & May and Allen and Overy make annual promotions

  Apr 04 2012 Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy have announced their annual partner promotions, with 23 made up at A&O and two made up at Slaughters. Slaughters elevated... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership

  Mar 29 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 20 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, the same number as were promoted last year. This year’s... more

• US firms grow London partnerships by nearly 10%

  Mar 16 2012 US law firms grew their partner count in London by nearly 10% during 2011, evidence that they are gaining a larger slice of the European legal services market.... more

• Indian firm ALMT promotes four to partnership

  Feb 08 2012 Indian law firm ALMT has promoted four associates to the partnership, elevating Vaishakh Kapadia and Kruti Desai in Mumbai and Junia Sebastian and Rajat Bopaiah in... more

• Blake Cassels & Graydon promotes 13 to partnership

  Feb 06 2012 Leading Canadian firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon has promoted 13 associates to the partnership. “I am pleased to announce our latest group of partners,” said Rob... more

• 31% of judicial posts in India's high courts remain vacant

  Jan 23 2012 New reports show that 31 per cent of the sanctioned posts in India's high courts remain vacant - a whopping 285 vacant posts at the end of 2011. According to the... more

• Washington Promotions show focus in Litigation and International Law

  Jan 18 2012 The latest round of law firm promotions in Washington reveal that the region’s largest firms are focusing on litigation — particularly intellectual property — and... more

• US legal publication starts benchmarking female partner promotions

  Jan 15 2012 The AM Law Daily has taken a look at the number of women promoted to partner in leading US firms over the past four years, in order to set a benchmark against which... more

• Bingham McCutchen promotes nine to partnership

  Jan 06 2012 Bingham McCutchen has promoted nine lawyers to the partnership as part of its global round of promotions. The promotions include four partners in London, all of... more

• US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges promotes 11 to partnership

  Dec 28 2011 US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges has elevated eleven lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round. The promotions take place across the New York,... more

• US firm Shearman & Sterling promotes 9 to global partnership

  Dec 14 2011 US firm Shearman & Sterling has promoted nine lawyers to the global partnership in its annual promotions round. The details of the promotions are as follows:... more

• US firm White & Case promotes 21 to global partnership

  Dec 03 2011 US firm White & Case has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round. All promotions are effective as of 1 January 2012. London managing... more

• Women take majority of partner promotions at Wachtel, Cleary and Akin

  Nov 22 2011 Women have constituted the majority of new partners in the promotions rounds at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Akin Gump Strauss... more

• UK firm Watson Burton loses another four partners

  Nov 08 2011 Watson Burton has lost four partners this week, continuing a steady run of departures over the past two years. RollOnFriday reports that the firm had 29 partners last... more

• Ashurst introduces quota for the number of women in management positions

  Oct 29 2011 Ashurst has announced the introduction of a quota for the number of women in management positions, and aims to increase the number of women in management posts from... more

• Goodwin Proctor promotes 17 to partnership

  Oct 28 2011 Goodwin Proctor has promoted 17 lawyers to the partnership. The new partners are: Gina M. Atwood (Boston, Products Liability & Mass Torts) Mitzi Chang (San... more

• Indian firm Amarchand Mangaldas promotes 5 to equity partnership

  Oct 17 2011 Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted five lawyers into the lockstep equity partnership and has appointed 11 practice heads. The firm aims to have a headcount of 1000... more

• Eversheds set to introduce senior role as alternative to partnership

  Oct 06 2011 Eversheds is set to introduce a new senior role as an alternative to partnership. The new ‘legal director’ is aimed at “recognising those senior people at the firm who... more

• Norton Rose overhauls lockstep system

  Sep 30 2011 Norton Rose has announced an overhaul of its remuneration system, modifying the lockstep to take greater account of merit. The lockstep system currently runs from... more

• Kirkland & Ellis promotes 81 to partnership

  Sep 20 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has promoted 74 attorneys to the partnership in the US, along with seven attorneys from the firm’s global network. The details of the promotions... more

• UK firms struggle with diversity in equity partnerships

  Sep 12 2011 Efforts to remedy the imbalance between male and female equity partners in the UK’s largest firms don’t seem to be making much progress, according to the annual ‘UK... more

• Indian firm Trilegal promotes two partners into equity lockstep

  Aug 16 2011 Trilegal has promoted two partners into the equity partnerhip. Mumbai corporate partners Nishant Parikh and Amit Tambe have been initiated into the first rung of the... more

• Indian firm Luthra & Luthra promotes 3 to partnership

  Aug 11 2011 Indian law firm Luthra & Luthra has promoted three lawyers to partnership in its annual promotions round. Corporate managing associate Nivedita Tiwari and litigation... more

• Offshore firm Walkers promotes eight to partnership

  Jul 29 2011 Offshore firm Walkers has announced the promotion of eight finance and corporate lawyers to the partnership, while elevating eleven associates to the role of senior... more

• Linlaters reshuffles leadership in competition practice

  Jun 30 2011 Linklaters has reshuffled the leadership of its competition practice. Michael Cutting has been appointed as global head of competition, taking over from Gerwin Van... more

• Addleshaw Goddard appoints four partners to unitary board

  Jun 23 2011 Addleshaw Goddard has appointed four partners to its new unitary board, which was created recently to streamline the management of the firm by combining the governance... more

• Freshfields shifts partners and shuffles the management team

  Jun 16 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has reolocated a number of partners across its global network, prompting a number of promotions to the firm’s management team.... more

• UK partner promotions up by 38% this year

  May 30 2011 The number of partner promotions in the UK’s 50 largest firms rose by 38 per cent this year, according to a report in Legal Week. The 2011 promotions round saw 495... more

• Scottish firm Dundas Wilson makes up four partners

  May 09 2011 Scottish firm Dundas & Wilson has made up four lawyers to the partnership in its 2011 promotions round. The firm’s London office will gain two new partners - Shane... more

• Indian firm J Sagar Associates promotes six to partnership

  May 06 2011 J Sagar Associates has promoted six of its lawyers to retained partnership from their Gurgaon, Mumbai and Bangalore offices. Trisheet Chatterjee and Manvinder Singh... more

• Clifford Chance focusses on Asia in 23-strong promotions round

  May 04 2011 Clifford Chance has announced the results of its 2011 partnership promotions round, elevating 23 lawyers to the partnership. The promotions reflect a strategic... more

• Herbert Smith promotes 13 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 28 2011 Herbert Smith has promoted 13 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round – down from 18 last year. The firm has made up six lawyers in London, two... more

• Top 20 London firms show poor record on female partnership

  Apr 26 2011 RollOnFriday has conducted a survey on the top 20 London firms, asking, how many women entered the partnership in the last three years – taking into account both... more

• Top 20 London firms show poor record on female partnership

  Apr 26 2011 RollOnFriday has conducted a survey on the top 20 London firms, asking, how many women entered the partnership in the last three years – taking into account both... more

• Pinsent Masons and Mishcon de Reya announce 2011 promotions

  Apr 26 2011 Pinsent Masons and Mishcon de Reya have announced their 2011 promotions. Mishcons made up two partners: litigator Derval Walsh was made up in London, and civil and... more

• UK partner promotions are on the rise

  Apr 25 2011 Over half of the top 30 UK firms have announced their partner promotions for the year, and all but one firm have increased the number of promotions over last year’s... more

• London firm LG makes promotes two to partnership

  Apr 15 2011 London firm Lawrence Graham has announce the results of its 2011 promotion round, making up two London lawyers to the partnership – down from four promotions last... more

• Ashurst makes up 12 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 15 2011 Ashurst has promoted 12 lawyers to its partnership, up from 11 last year. The corporate practice saw the most promotions in this round, with five new partners. Two... more

• Eversheds makes up 22 partners globally

  Apr 13 2011 Eversheds has announced the promotion of 22 lawyers to its partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 19 last year but still significantly less than the 32... more

• Linklaters promotes 18 to partnership globally

  Apr 12 2011 Linklaters has promoted 18 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 14 last year. In a statement, senior partner David Cheyne said:... more

• Olswang promotes five to partnership in London

  Apr 08 2011 UK firm Olswang has promoted five London lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from two promotions last year - one in London and one in Berlin.... more

• Wragge & Co forgoes partner promotions in favor of lateral hires

  Apr 07 2011 Wragge & Co has announced that it will not promote any lawyers to its all-equity partnership this year, choosing instead to focus on lateral hiring and the development... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner promotes 13 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 05 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has promoted 13 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from eight in 2010. The majority of the promotions – nine of... more

• Allens promotes 21 to partnership globally

  Apr 04 2011 Allen & Overy has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 18 last year. Managing partner Wim Dejonghe said: "Our partner... more

• Gulf firm Al Tamimi promotes three to partnership

  Mar 03 2011 Gulf firm Al Tamimi has promoted three lawyers to the partnership. The honours go to Khaled Saqqaf, who heads the firms Jordan and Iraq offices, and to Qatar-based... more

• Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge promotes five to partnership

  Jan 14 2011 Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has promoted five lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round. In London, John Lloyd has been made up in the firm’s IP... more

• Jones Day promotes 36 to partnership; offers no bonuses

  Jan 10 2011 US firm Jones Day has bucked the trend followed by every other large firm in the country with the decision not to award end of year bonuses to associates. "We... more

• Morrison & Foerster elevates 14 to partnership

  Jan 06 2011 Morrison & Foerster has promoted 14 associates to the partnership in its annual promotions round. The details of the promotions are as follows: Hong Kong... more

• LeClairRyan hires 16 lawyers from Nixon Peabody

  Jan 06 2011 LeClairRyan is set to expand with an influx of talent from Nixon Peabody. The firm has hired 16 lawyers to support its strategic goals of opening an office in... more

• UAE firm Hadef & Partners promotes four to partnership in Dubai

  Jan 04 2011 UAE law firm Hadef & Partners has promoted four lawyers to its partnership in Dubai, bringing the total partner headcount to 18. Hadef’s Dubai managing partner... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf promotes four to partnership

  Jan 04 2011 Dewey & LeBoeuf has promoted four lawyers to the partnership in their annual promotions round, down from six promotions in 2009 and 20 in the golden age of 2008.... more

• Australian firm Freehills promotes two to partnership

  Dec 23 2010 Freehills has announced the promotion of two senior associates to the partnership. Corporate lawyer Julian Lincoln and banking lawyer Phillip McMahon will be elevated... more

• What can we learn from this year's promotions?

  Dec 17 2010 This article takes a closer look at some of the decisions being made in this year’s partnership promotions round, asking what those decisions indicate about the... more

• US firm McDermott Will & Emery adds 28 to partnership

  Dec 15 2010 US firm McDermott Will & Emery has announced the results of its annual partnership promotion round, adding five partners in Europe and 23 in the US. The details of... more

• Luthra promotes two to partnership

  Dec 06 2010 Luthra & Luthra has announced its second round of promotions, with the elevation of managing associates Deepak Joyce and Piyush Mishra to partnership. This takes the... more

• New global tax head for Freshfields

  Nov 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed London-based partner Colin Hargreaves as head of its global tax group. Hargreaves will take the role in January 2011,... more

• Dorsey & Whitney makes up ten partners across US offices

  Nov 26 2010 International law firm Dorsey & Whitney has made up ten new partners across a number of its US offices, effective 1 January 2011. The promotions are as follows:... more

• Ogier promotes eight to partnership

  Nov 05 2010 Offshore firm Ogier has promoted eight to the partnership in its annual promotions round. Six of the promotions were awarded to lawyers, while the remaining two were... more

• The future of associate pay

  Nov 03 2010 Before the recession, graduate starting salaries grew at a rate that considerably outstripped inflation. When the demand for legal services dropped, law firms moved to... more

• Spanish firm Garrigues reports 5.5% jump in revenue and promotes 19 to partnership

  Oct 27 2010 Spanish firm Garrigues has reported a 5.5 per cent increase in turnover, adding €18.5 million in revenue to bring this year’s figure to €352.8 million. The firm... more

• Big changes at the Copenhagen office of Eversheds: 12 out and two up

  Oct 25 2010 The Copenhagen office of Eversheds is seeing a major shake-up, with 12 redundancies and the promotion of two partners to share the role of senior partner. The... more

• White & Case promotes 35 lawyers to global partnership

  Oct 14 2010 US firm White & Case has promoted 35 lawyers to its partnership. “Our new partners are all outstanding lawyers, with diverse experience and expertise,” said White... more

• Are transatlantic mergers a good idea?

  Sep 08 2010 The announcement last week that UK firms Hammonds merge with a US firm Squire Sanders & Dempsey is just the latest in a string of transatlantic tie-ups. This article... more

• Kirkland & Ellis make up nine lawyers in London office

  Aug 31 2010 US firm Kirkland & Ellis has announced the promotion of nine lawyers to the partnership in the London office. Lawyers were elevated in a number of different... more

• Simmons appoints eight to partnership

  Jun 30 2010 Simmons & Simmons has announced the results of this year’s promotions round, appointing eight lawyers to the partnership. This figure is double the appointments made... more

• Clifford Chance and Freshfields appoint new German leadership

  Jun 28 2010 Clifford Chance and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have both appointed new leaders for their German practices. Freshfields has elected Klaus-Stefan Hohenstatt as... more

• A&L Goodbody expands partnership by five

  Jun 03 2010 Irish firm A&L Goodbody has announced the promotion of four lawyers to the partnership in their Dublin office. The Belfast office also sees a boost, with the lateral... more

• Irwin Mitchell appoints two non-lawyers to equity partnership

  May 28 2010 Irwin Mitchell has become one of the first top UK firms to convert to Legal Disciplinary Partnership (LDP) status, after making up two non-lawyers to the firm's equity... more

• Taylor Wessing promotes 12 to partnership

  May 18 2010 Taylor Wessing has promoted 12 lawyers to the partnership in its annual round of promotions, with the firm’s German offices receiving the majority of the new... more

• Norton Rose promotes 23 to counsel

  May 17 2010 Norton Rose has promoted 23 lawyers to counsel in the firm’s first round of counsel promotions since the merger with Australia's Deacons. Of the 23, five lawyers have... more

• Travers Smith promotes four lawyers to partnership

  May 13 2010 Travers Smith has announced the promotion of four lawyers to its London partnership – the same number as last year and the year before. The new partners are spread... more

• Walkers appoints new head of Asian operations and of Hong Kong Office

  May 11 2010 Walkers has announced the appointment of a new head of operations in Asia, awarding the role to Guy Locke, the current head of the firm’s insolvency and corporate... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton promotes four lawyers to partnership

  May 10 2010 Debevoise & Plimpton has made up four lawyers to its partnership in the annual promotions round – an increase on last year, when only two were made up worldwide.... more

• Kennedys promotes seven lawyers to partnership

  May 05 2010 Kennedys has invited seven associates to join the firm’s partnership ranks in its annual promotions round. This year’s figures are significantly higher than last... more

• Economic Law Practice promotes six; creates new designations

  May 05 2010 Mumbai-based Economic Law Practice (ELP) has promoted Nishanth Shah to an equity partner, and senior associates Madhur Baya, Yashojit Mishra, Ramya Mohan and Naresh... more

• Clifford Chance promotes 22 lawyers to partnership

  May 04 2010 Clifford Chance has announced this year’s promotions, making up 22 new partners across the London, New York, Dubai, Moscow, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Duesseldorf,... more

• Nabarro invites three associates to join partnership

  Apr 30 2010 Nabarro has announced the results of its annual promotions round, making up three associates to partnership in the firm’s London offices. This year’s promotions match... more

• Analysing the results of the annual promotions round

  Apr 30 2010 As more and more firms announce the results of this year’s promotions round, Roll On Friday is collating the results in tables that demonstrate some interesting... more

• Camerons promotes four to equity partnership

  Apr 30 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna has promoted four lawyers to equity partnership. The four new equity partners are all drawn from the ‘gateway’ partner rank – an intermediate rank... more

• Roschier adds five to partnership

  Apr 28 2010 Northern European firm Roschier has hired a counsel from Linklaters’ Stockholm office, and has promoted a record number of lawyers to its partnership in Helsinki.... more

• A&O promotes 25 associates to counsel

  Apr 28 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the promotion of 25 lawyers to counsel positions in their annual promotions round. This is a significant increase on last year’s numbers,... more

• Field Fisher Waterhouse promotes nine lawyers to partnership

  Apr 28 2010 Nine lawyers at Field Fisher Waterhouse have been invited to join the partnership in the firm’s annual promotions round – up from just four in the 2009 round. All... more

• Linklaters names new MP of Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa practice

  Apr 27 2010 Linklaters has announced the appointment of the new managing partner of the firm's Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) practice – India chief Sandeep... more

• Ashurst promotes 11 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 27 2010 Ashurst has announced the promotion of 11 lawyers to the partnership – one more than in last year’s round. Six partners were made up in London, two in Paris and one... more

• Analysis: this year's promotions round

  Apr 26 2010 Here is an interesting article looking at the available information on this year’s partner promotions. Around half of the top 20 UK firms have announced the... more

• Herbert Smith promotes 18 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 23 2010 Herbert Smith has promoted 18 lawyers to the partnership, bringing their worldwide partner numbers to 272. Senior partner David Gold said: “I congratulate our new... more

• Hammonds invites eight lawyers to partnership

  Apr 21 2010 Hammonds has made up eight new partners in its annual round of promotions. This year's promotions round was larger than 2009 when six partners were promoted, but less... more

• Norton Rose makes up 11 partners

  Apr 21 2010 Norton Rose has made up 11 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, just one partner down from last years figures, when 12 partners were made up.... more

• SJ Berwin promotes seven to partnership

  Apr 20 2010 SJ Berwin has tapped seven associates for promotion to the partnership in the annual promotions round. The figure is slightly higher than last year, when six new... more

• Lovells invites 21 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 15 2010 Lovells has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in the annual promotions round – an increase from the 19 that were appointed in 2009’s round, but down from the 31... more

• Linklaters announces heads of corporate, Americas, litigation, banking and restructuring & insolvency

  Apr 01 2010 Linklaters has announced the appointment of Jeremy Parr as the firm’s new corporate head, replacing David Barnes, who will step down this month after two terms as the... more

• Allen & Overy make up 18 new partners in the 2010 round

  Mar 31 2010 Allen & Overy has made up 18 lawyers to its partnership across 13 countries, with the majority joining non-UK offices. The number is two less than that of 2009. The... more

• Freshfields adds 18 to the partnership

  Mar 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the results of this year’s promotions round, making up 18 new partners. The round saw four more promotions than last... more