Seven of the eight promotions to partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges were made in New York and London this year, as the firm carried out a slimmed down promotions round.
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Mayer Brown has become the latest US firm to announce its promotion round, with City lawyers making up just 7% of the total round worldwide. The firm made up two London partners, up from one last year.
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has promoted nine new partners across the firm, including three in London, while fellow Wall Street elite firm Sullivan & Cromwell has only promoted in the US in its latest round.
Having been increasingly focused on growing its City offering through lateral hires and expanding into new practice areas, Boston-based Ropes & Gray has promoted just two associates or 12% to its City partnership ranks from a reduced global round of 17.
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Almost half the lawyers made partner in Latham & Watkins’ latest 25 partner promotion round are female, following global chair Bill Voge’s pledge for diversity.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has made up seven partners across its global network with London missing out for the second year in a row. Of its seven new partners globally, Cleary Gottlieb made up six in the US.
In its latest global partnership promotion round, Kirkland & Ellis has promoted another eight of its London associates to partner, the same as last year, as 90 lawyers join the firm’s 735-global partnership.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has made up just two London partners, focused on boosting its real estate offering, in an expanded global promotions round this year that saw 36 lawyers join the partnership.
Withers has made up fewer lawyers to partner this year, reducing its round from seven to five, at the end of an intense period of international growth for the private client heavyweight.
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Baker & McKenzie has announced its 2015 promotions round with 83 lawyers making partner, 40% of whom are female, but with only three being made up in the City.
