Midway through a strategic five-year plan, White & Case announced on Friday (12 October) that it had promoted 41 lawyers worldwide to partnership – the largest class in the firm’s 117-year history.

The bumper crop of new partners follows a year in which revenue at the 2,039-lawyer firm climbed 10.6% to a record-high $1.8bn (£1.4bn) in 2017, with profits per equity partner jumping 10.2% to $2.26m (£1.72m).