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 fallsPinsent Masons promotes 23 new partners, with six in LondonTop sports boutique Northridge becomes latest firm to score private equity investmentSidley hits Clifford Chance for heavyweight restructuring duo as firm’s London hiring gathers paceFourteen London lawyers make the grade as Linklaters promotes 37 to partnershipSpread of transatlantic firms in the mix on Unilever’s $45bn food business saleHow Pinsents’ forensic accounting partners doubled their billings