Allen & Overy’s (A&O) partnership has voted to extend managing partner David Morley’s four-year term so that it coincides with the firm’s senior partner elections in 2008.

The magic circle firm’s partnership ratified the proposals put forward by the management after a number of discussions to address whether it needed to take the decision to a vote. More than 75% of A&O’s partnership’s vote was needed to approve the year-long extension and at least half of the partners needed to vote.