Allen & Overy: City promotions down a third

Allen & Overy (A&O) has announced this year's round of partnership promotions, making up 28 new partners, falling just short of its 2007 bumper crop of 32 promotions. The number of promotions in A&O's overseas offices increased further this year to 71 per cent of the total and London celebrated only eight new partners, down a third from last year.