Kirkland & Ellis's City office has seen a record number of new partner promotions with the Chicago leader making up four London associates – of 62 worldwide – in its latest partnership round.

The appointments, which came into effect today (1 October), include three promotions in the City corporate team and one in restructuring, taking the London partner count to 29 in total. In addition the firm is set to make up one corporate partner in Munich.

At the same time as its European partner promotions, Kirkland also announced its global appointments with the firm making up 62 partners worldwide.