Law firms A&O Shearman promotes 33 new partners, nine in London Will Lewallen · 15 April 2026 · 2 min read Partner promotions A&O Shearman A&O Shearman has promoted 33 lawyers into its partnership, with nine of these in London.Both the total and London numbers are exactly in line with last year’s 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 categoryQuartet of firms lead on $8.9bn Boots dealLaw firmsKate Peacock7 Oct 2026LB100 2026: the highs, the lows and the surprises from the dataLaw firm dataBen Wheway7 Oct 2026LB100 2026: the firms that stand out from the crowdLaw firm dataAlex Ryan5 Oct 2026Travers Smith makes up three new partners in smallest promotions round since 2014Law firmsTom Cox16 Jun 2026City partner promotions outpace firmwide among Global London firmsLaw firm dataKate Peacock16 Jun 2026DLA Piper promotes more than 60 partners as firm shifts to single leadership structureLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves6 May 2026Weil builds out London bench with Freshfields private equity partnerLaw firmsKate Peacock12 Oct 2026‘Not finished’ – Legal Business Awards Lifetime Achievement winner John Quinn keeps up the paceLaw firmsEliza Winter8 Oct 2026The $110bn Paramount-Warner Bros mega-merger: all the law firms involvedLaw firmsAlex Ryan7 Oct 2026