Partner promotions: Ashurst 20-strong round includes 45% females while Macfarlanes reduces round to five Sarah Downey8 April 2015Partnership promotionsGender diversity Ashurst has this morning (8 April) announced its 20-strong partner promotion round, which will take effect from 1 May 2015, with 45% of the new partners female while Macfarlanes reduced round of five comprises 40% women.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 categoryPower hungry: how big tech’s demands are supercharging the energy marketRevolving Doors: A&O Shearman builds in Riyadh as Kirkland, Paul Hastings, and more make flurry of City hiresThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointmentsHogan Lovells and Akin announce 2025 partner promotionsA&O high yield head retires ahead of Shearman tie-up as firm makes first combined partner promosPromotions dip at Slaughters as firm makes up five new partners‘You don’t get a choice about whether you’re a role model’ – shifting the LGBTQ+ dial in lawWomen deal stars prove you can have it all – but don’t worry men, you are KenoughAlphas revisited: Private equity stars