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Firm

2009 promotions (2008)

City promotions (%)

Female promotions (%)

Notes

Clifford Chance

17 (35)

3 (18%)

3 (18%)

Five partners made up in Asia

Linklaters

18 (28)

6 (33%)

2 (11%)

Eight made up in mainstream corporate

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

14 (25)

2 (14%)

3 (21%)

Nine in corporate - only two in London

Allen & Overy

20 (28)

6 (30%)

8 (40%)

Record proportion of female promotions

DLA Piper

53 (69)

8 (15%)

Seventeen promotions in corporate

Lovells

19 (18)

6 (32%)

3 (16%)

An increase of one on 2008's promotions round

Slaughter and May

2 (4)

2 (100%)

0 (0%)

Sharply down against eight in 2006, five in 2007 and four in 2008. None in corporate

Eversheds

32 (30)

8 (25%)

9 (28%)

Eight new partners in
South Africa after Routledge Modise tie-up

Herbert Smith

13 (18)

7 (54%)

7 (54%)

Eight made up in corporate

Ashurst

10 (17)

5 (50%)

1 (10%)

Three made up in finance

Simmons & Simmons

4 (18)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

Two in financial markets

Norton Rose

12 (16)

4 (33%)

2 (17%)

Five in banking, with four in dispute resolution

CMS Cameron McKenna

17 (11)

9 (53%)

7 (41%)

First round of promotions since firm introduced lower tier of partnership in London

Pinsent Masons

8 (17)

2 (25%)

0 (0%)

Two international promotions - one in Hong Kong and one in Shanghai

SJ Berwin

6 (8)

3 (50%)

0 (0%)

Two in Frankfurt, one in Paris

Addleshaw Goddard

7 (9)

3 (43%)

2 (29%)

Three in London; two apiece in Leeds and Manchester

Berwin Leighton Paisner

7 (5)

7 (100%)

4 (57%)

Associate director promoted to partner for the first time

Denton Wilde Sapte

6 (12)

2 (33%)

2 (33%)

Half of promotions come in firm's Middle East offices

Clyde & Co

10 (9)

6 (60%)

3 (30%)

Three partners also promoted into senior equity status

Hammonds

6 (19)

2 (33%)

3 (50%)

Four of the six new partners were trainees with Hammonds

Irwin Mitchell

(4)

Nabarro

3 (5)

2 (66%)

0 (0%)

One promotion in Sheffield

Bird & Bird

4 (14)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

Partners made up in Madrid, Rome, Stockholm and Frankfurt. None in the City

Wragge & Co

1 (9)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Sole promotion comes in commercial litigation

Beachcroft

9 (6)

2 (22%)

3 (33%)

Five promotions in dispute resolution practice

Macfarlanes

2 (5)

2 (100%)

0 (0%)

Promotions in tax and
debt finance

Shoosmiths

(8)

Taylor Wessing

17 (19)

2 (12%)

More than half of promotions in firm's Germany office

Olswang

2 (10)

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

80% drop on previous year's promotions

Osborne Clarke

3 (4)

0 (0%)

All promotions in Germany

Travers Smith

4 (4)

4 (100%)

0 (0%)

Promotions spread across four practice areas

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert

4 (8)

4 (100%

1 (25%)

All four promotions in dispute resolution

Stephenson Harwood

2 (4)

2 (100%)

0 (0%)

Both promotions in the City

Hill Dickinson

(8)

Holman Fenwick & Willan

2 (8)

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

One promotion in Melbourne

Trowers & Hamlins

7 (4)

4 (57%)

3 (43%)

Two made up in firm's Middle East offices

Field Fisher Waterhouse

4 (6)

4 (100%

2 (50%)

All promotions in London for the second year running

LG

3 (5)

3 (100%)

2 (66%)

Two in corporate,
one in private capital

Charles Russell

(13)

Burges Salmon

(6)

Dundas & Wilson

(6)

Mills & Reeve

(7)

Ince & Co

3 (3)

1 (33%)

0 (0%)

One in London, one in Hamburg and one in Hong Kong

Maclay Murray & Spens

(4)

Watson Farley & Williams

5 (9)

0 (0%)

1 (20%)

Promotions spread across Singapore, Rome, Paris and Hamburg with none in London

Halliwells

5 (6)

0 (0%)

2 (40%)

Two in employment