Underlining the meteoric rise of a group of elite US law firms, Kirkland & Ellis has unveiled one of the largest promotion rounds ever seen from a single legal partnership, minting 97 new partners, including 13 in the firm’s fast-growing City arm.
The number of London promotions is more than double last year’s round, when six lawyers were made up, and up on last year’s total tally of 81. It is also larger than the entire partnership of top 50 UK law firm Travers Smith.
