A&O, CC underline global focus with more overseas promotions
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance (CC) have unveiled their new partner promotions, with both firms seeing a decline in the overall number of partner promotions compared with last year, but an increase in promotions in overseas offices. A&O promoted 28 associates to partner, down from 32 last year, while magic circle rival CC named 35 new partners, down from 38 in last year's promotion round.
April 10, 2008 at 12:42 AM
2 minute read
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance (CC) have unveiled their new partner promotions, with both firms seeing a decline in the overall number of partner promotions compared with last year, but an increase in promotions in overseas offices.
A&O promoted 28 associates to partner, down from 32 last year, while magic circle rival CC named 35 new partners, down from 38 in last year's promotion round.
A&O's promotions mean the firm breaks the 500-partner mark. Three-quarters of the promotions affect overseas offices with London seeing just eight new partners, significantly down on the 13 it received last year.
Instead, the appointments show the firm's focus on emerging markets such as Bangkok, Dubai, Moscow and Warsaw, which each received one apiece.
The firm's finance group received the lion's share of promotions – gaining 13 new partners, including four in capital markets, while corporate received 10. The firm's employment and litigation groups each gained two new partners.
CC's promotions also showed the firm's focus on international expansion with fewer than one-third (11) seen in the magic circle firm's London office.
New York and Frankfurt gained four new partners apiece, while Paris and Dubai saw the addition of three new partners, with the remainder split across other European offices and Asia.
The finance group saw the most promotions with 10 new partners, closely followed by corporate with nine. Meanwhile, the capital markets and tax groups saw six and five promotions respectively with real estate gaining three new partners and litigation two.
Explaining the promotions, CC managing partner David Childs (pictured above) told Legal Week: "[These lawyers] represent all practice areas within the firm and 12 of our worldwide offices. The general assumption is that we will see more litigation in the future, but we are not seeing a wall of activity yet."
Neither City firm promoted significant numbers of women, with each making up four new female partners. The promotions, which come into effect on 1 May, will take the total A&O and CC partnerships to 505 and 648 respectively.
Keep up to speed with all the latest promotions news with the Legal Week Wiki partnership round special.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
Can Law Firms Avoid Landing on the 'Enemy' List During the Trump Administration?
5 minute read
Letter From Asia: Will Big Law Ever Bother to Understand Asia Again?
Simpson Thacher, Nishimura, Mori Hamada Assist on KKR's $4B Winning Bid in Japan
Trending Stories
- 1Big Company Insiders See Technology-Related Disputes Teed Up for 2025
- 2Attorney Fee Reimbursement for Non-Party Subpoena Recipients under CPLR 3122(d)
- 3‘Second’ Time’s a Charm? The Second Circuit Reaffirms the Contours of the Special Interest Beneficiary Standing Rule
- 4Lobbying-Focused Brownstein Hyatt Opens 13th Office in Tampa
- 5Amid Race for Top Talent, Latham Focuses on Lateral Integration
Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
