Ashurst has promoted 11 lawyers to the partnership with 6 in its London headquarters. They include Dominic Batchelor and Jonathan Parry – corporate, Nick Benham – finance, Mark Clarke – litigation, Nick Stalbow – projects and Simon Swann – tax. Other promotions have been made in Paris – two – and in Hong Kong, Milan and Tokyo – one each.

Linklaters has also promoted a significant proportion of its new partners in its London office. Fourteen have made the grade overall with eight in London. They include Steve Smith and Yen Sum – banking, Nicola Rabson – employment & incentives, Sarah Parkhouse – financial regulation, Dan Schuster-Woldan and Iain Wagstaff – corporate, Matthew Elliott – real estate and Julian Cunningham-Day – technology, media and telecoms.