Clifford Chance (CC) will this week finalise recommendations to overhaul its partnership model in a move that looks set to see the magic circle firm usher in an actively-managed lockstep and longer equity ladder.

The firm was due to finalise proposals in its long-running partnership review as Legal Week went to press (14 June), with insiders indicating the firm is to recom-mend stretching its partnership track and toughening its appraisals regime.