Herbert Smith has promoted 11 lawyers to its partnership, taking its partner total to 194 from 1 April. Most of the appointments were in the London office with Scott Cochrane, Louise Freestone, Chris Haynes and Julia Pyke all as new partners in the firm's corporate department. Laurence Elliot will be made up in corporate recovery, Anna Howell in energy and Donald Rowlands in real estate. The firm's Paris office made up two new partners with Tokyo and Hong Kong each making single additions.