The UK’s top firms have continued to keep a tight rein on their part-nerships over the past year, as more results from the annual promotion season show many London firms’ partnerships have shrunk over the past 12 months.

Magic circle firms Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters, Allen & Overy (A&O), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have all seen their partnership sizes decline or remain static over the past year.