Bingham McCutchen has promoted two City lawyers in its annual partnership round as US litigator Geoffrey Aronow leaves the firm to become general counsel at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The US firm's 13-strong partner promotions round has seen lawyers made up in London, Frankfurt, Hartford, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo and Washington DC, across a range of practices including corporate, estate planning, financial restructuring and investment management.

In the UK, London financial restructuring lawyers Emma Simmonds and Christian Halasz have been made partner.