Roll up, roll up for the 2008 partnership round. Here you'll find all the latest news stories about partner promotions gathered in one place, as well as links to relevant blog entries and any other bits and pieces we think might be of interest.
At the bottom of this page, you'll see the key facts for all the firms in the Legal Week Top 50. Most of the City's major firms have now played their hand... so if you've been lucky it may be time to start thinking about a new job.
Don't forget you can share your thoughts, frustrations or pleasant surprises by clicking here, or just click through from your firm's name to its own entry elsewhere on the Legal Week Wiki. (And feel free to keep us up to speed with anything that's somehow passed our news team by!)
We'll also keep you posted with updates of what's going on at the top US firms, several of which have already broken the good/bad news to their ranks.
Here's a look at what the overseas focus shown in the latest batch of promotions mean at two of London's largest firms, while Richard Lloyd of The American Lawyer argues that the 2008 promotions mark the end of partnership short-termism.
Best of luck.
Promotions time-line
- 8/05/08 - Holman Fenwick eyes Asia as eight made up; Travers gives partner nod to City quartet
- 7/05/08 - Dublin's A&L Goodbody promotes seven; Simmons promotes 18; nine in the City
- 6/05/08 - Bristol misses out as OC makes up four
- 30/4/08 - Quartet get partner nod at Stephenson Harwood; Taylor Wessing promotes UK half-dozen
- 29/4/08 - Watson Farley promotes nine to partner; Barlows boosts City with bumper partner round; Dentons promotes a dozen again
- 28/4/08 - Mishcons makes up two to partnership; Norton Rose promotes sweet 16; just five in City
- 23/4/08 - National trio unveil 2008 promotions; LG promotes five in '08 partner round
- 22/4/08 - City half-dozen among SJs' eight promotions
- 21/4/08 - Lucky seven in London as Links makes up 28
- 17/4/08 - Field Fisher makes up six new partners
- 16/4/08 - Manchester leads as Hill Dicks promotes eight
- 15/4/08 - BLP makes up five in London
- 14/4/08 - Bird & Bird makes up record 14 to partner; UK dominates as Hammonds promotes 19; Clydes promotes nine to break 150-partner mark
- 11/4/08 - Litigation misses out as Lovells makes up 18; Eversheds targets City as 30 get partner nod
- 10/4/08 - Slaughters: 75% female promotions but lean partnership round
- 07/4/08 - A&O promotes 28 but London gets just eight; CC sets the pace with 35 promotions worldwide
- 04/4/08 - City gets lion's share of Addleshaws' nine promotions
- 03/4/08 - City trio made up as Skadden promotes 25; Hunton promotes 11 but just one in London; Nabarro plays safe with five new partners
- 02/4/08 - Dundas half-dozen get partnership nod
- 01/4/08 - Ashurst promotions add 17 to partnership
- 31/3/08 - Pinsent Masons makes up 17 to partnership
- 27/3/08 - Trowers gives partnership nod to UK foursome; Macs makes up five as corporate misses out; Herbies hands partnership to bumper 18
- 26/3/08 - Real estate wins in Wragges' nine promotions; Burges Salmon makes up half a dozen
- 25/3/08 - Olswang makes up record 10 to partnership
- 20/3/08 - Camerons makes up 11 but just four in City
- 18/3/08 - Ince adds just three in latest promotions round
- 17/3/08 - Freshfields looks abroad as 25 new partners get the nod
In numbers... those 2008 promotions in full
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Firm |
2008 promotions (2007) |
City promotions (%) |
Female promotions (%) |
No. partners |
Notes |
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35 (38) |
11 (31%) |
4 (11%) |
648 |
Ten in finance, nine in corporate; three in Dubai | |
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28 (38) |
7 (25%) |
5 (18%) |
540 |
Seven in corporate, five in capital markets; 30 promoted to 'of counsel' | |
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25 (22) |
10 (40%) |
5 (20%) |
447 |
Eight in corporate | |
|
28 (32) |
8 (29%) |
4 (14%) |
505 |
Thirteen in finance, including four in ICM; also promoted eight to 'counsel' | |
|
69 (66) |
12 (17%) |
25 (36%) |
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NB: Promotions announced January 2008. Forty-one new partners in Europe; 29 made up to legal director globally | |
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18 (31) |
6 (33%) |
3 (17%) |
350 |
None promoted in litigation; nine in continental Europe | |
|
4 (5) |
4 (100%) |
3 (75%) |
132 |
Just one in corporate, two in competition | |
|
30 (30) |
8 (27%) |
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c. 400 |
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18 (9) |
8 (44%) |
6 (33%) |
249 |
Four in Paris, two apiece in Tokyo and Hong Kong | |
|
17 (20) |
8 (47%) |
6 (35%) |
217 |
Six in corporate, three in finance | |
|
18 (13) |
9 (50%) |
5 (28%) |
244 |
Seven in financial markets, five in corporate; most promotions in four years | |
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16 (23) |
5 (31%) |
1 (6%) |
262 |
Six in banking, three in corporate; three each in Munich and Amsterdam | |
|
11 (10) |
4 (36%) |
1 (9%) |
148 |
One new partner in Bristol for UK total of five | |
|
17 (20) |
5 (29%) |
6 (35%) |
301 |
Six in projects and construction | |
|
8 (16) |
6 (75%) |
2 (25%) |
175 |
Two in corporate, two in litigation | |
|
9 (5) |
5 (55%) |
6 (66%) |
185 |
Three in corporate; two apiece in Leeds and Manchester | |
|
5 (6) |
5 (100%) |
2 (40%) |
180 |
Two in tax; just one in real estate | |
|
12 (12) |
6 (50%) |
5 (42%) |
181 |
Five in corporate; two promoted to managing associate | |
|
9 (4) |
3 (33%) |
2 (22%) |
152 |
Two apiece in Shanghai and Dubai; one in Rio de Janeiro | |
|
19 (11) |
4 (21%) |
4 (21%) |
212 |
Seven in Birmingham; four apiece in London and Manchester; just one in Leeds | |
|
4 (7) |
|
2 (50%) |
113 |
Also promoted four non-lawyers to associate director | |
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5 (7) |
4 (80%) |
2 (40%) |
131 |
Three in real estate | |
|
14 (7) |
4 (29%) |
2 (14%) |
187 |
Largest-ever promotions round; four in Germany | |
|
9 (6) |
2 (22%) |
3 (33%) |
116 |
Three promotions in real estate, the firm's largest department | |
|
6 (6) |
2 (33%) |
1 (17%) |
144 |
Two in Bristol, one each in Leeds and Birmingham; four in dispute resolution | |
|
5 (4) |
5 (100%) |
0 (0%) |
|
None in private equity or private client | |
|
8 ( |
0 (0%) |
4 (50%) |
113 |
Three in Nottingham | |
|
19 (17) |
6 (32%) |
5 (26%) |
104 (UK only) |
Nine in Germany, four in Paris | |
|
10 (5) |
10 (100%) |
4 (40%) |
103 |
Largest round of promotions to date; firm set to break 100-partner barrier | |
|
4 (8) |
2 (50%) |
1 (25%) |
113 |
Two in corporate; none at Bristol HQ | |
|
4 (9) |
4 (100%) |
1 (25%) |
67 |
One apiece in private equity, funds, litigation and corporate finance | |
|
8 (7) |
7 (88%) |
1 (13%) |
87 |
Five in litigation | |
|
4 (7) |
3 (75%) |
0 (0%) |
88 |
One in Piraeus; one promoted at Singapore venture | |
|
8 (10) |
0 (0%) |
4 (50%) |
154 |
Four in Manchester, three in Liverpool; four in commercial | |
|
8 |
3 (38%) |
1 (13%) |
|
Four promotions in Asia | |
|
4 (15) |
3 (75%) |
3 (75%) |
110 |
Includes one promotion in Exeter; none in Middle East | |
|
6 (4) |
6 (100%) |
4 (66%) |
122 |
Promotions follow 14 partner-level hires by firm in the last year | |
|
5 (2) |
5 (100%) |
1 (20%) |
86 |
Largest round in recent years (no new partners in '05 or '06) | |
|
6 (5) |
N/A |
2 (33%) |
72 |
Two apiece in corporate and commercial | |
|
6 (6) |
3 (50%) |
0 (0%) |
86 |
No promotions in Glasgow | |
|
7 (4) |
1 (14%) |
4 (57%) |
89 |
Three in Birmingham, two in Cambridge | |
|
3 (7) |
2 (66%) |
1 (33%) |
85 |
First-ever promotion in Hamburg office | |
|
9 (1) |
5 (55%) |
2 (22%) |
78 |
Five in corporate; one promotion apiece in Bangkok, Paris, Rome and Singapore | |
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Other major international firms |
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A&L Goodbody |
7 |
0 (0%) |
4 (57%) |
70 |
Two in corporate |
|
25 |
3 (12%) |
4 (16%) |
Five in European network; none in Asia | ||
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11 (20) |
1 (9%) |
All 10 other promotions in US |
