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 falls‘Status quo is not an option’ – leading fin reg lawyers gather to debate future enforcement challenges‘Nobody really understood what I was going through’ – the in-house push for better IVF supportA&O Shearman’s first post-merger accounts reveal scale of pension deficit and partner capital injectionsExternal investment trend continues as offshore leader seals private equity dealThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointments‘A slippery slope in one direction’ – white collar partners raise concerns over plans to cut jury trials