Manhattan leader Weil Gotshal & Manges has elected 20 associates to its partnership in the latest round of promotions at a US firm, with a single new partner made up in London.

The majority of the promotions, which are effective from 1 January next year, came in the US, with five new partners made up at the firm’s New York base. Three new partners were promoted in Washington DC, with two each in Dallas and Houston and one in Boston.