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 fallsTraitors and Big Brother producers recruit top firms for major media merger‘Unprecedented success’ – Hogan Lovells breaks $3bn revenue barrier as Cadwalader vote nearsDLA Piper and Proskauer lead on BrewDog’s sale to US cannabis and drinks manufacturer‘We will get through this’ – partners across the Middle East on business amid escalating conflictMacfarlanes to open New York base led by former managing partnerA safe haven in an unsafe world – how Ireland’s legal market is thriving amid global instability