A&O Shearman only firm to pick up new KC as silk appointments rise Alex Ryan[email protected]27 January 2025The BarUnited Kingdom This year’s 2024 round of King’s Counsel appointments saw only one solicitor advocate take silk – in line with each of the last two years and down from five in the 2021 round and six in the 2020 round.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this category‘You don’t get a choice about whether you’re a role model’ – shifting the LGBTQ+ dial in lawSilk and steel: Women lead the way in latest QC round as five solicitors make the cutRecord year for ethnic minorities in latest silk round but number of female applicants fallsBeyond the deals: how clients rate London’s top M&A teamsMcDermott boosts London revenues by more than 50% as post-merger firm sits on brink of $3bnLegal & General announces new GC as company veteran steps down after 27 yearsTrading places: latest US laterals for Simpson Thacher, Dechert and A&O ShearmanNorthern heavyweight Brabners to open in London with double hire‘The energy capital of the world’ – why the global and US elite are betting on Houston