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IBA launches new global commission to improve lawyer wellbeing

Commission is co-chaired by American Bar Association president Deborah Enix-Ross

6 Feb 2023

McDermott taps Noerr and Latham to expand German private equity team

Holger Ebersberger and Hanno Witt join as partners in Munich, having previously worked together at Linklaters

3 Feb 2023

Clyde & Co absorbs insurance boutique to launch in Boston

Flurry of US boutique takeovers continues as UK insurance giant opens 15th US arm

2 Feb 2023

DAC Beachcroft opens in Italy with eight-strong insurance team from ADVANT Nctm

UK firm's latest European expansion adds offices in Milan and Rome

1 Feb 2023

ALSPs become $20bn global market after latest growth spurt, study shows

ALSPs are now growing at a compound annual growth rate of 20%, Thomson Reuters says

31 Jan 2023

UK lawyers increasingly concerned about their career prospects, LawCare study shows

Some 22% of legal professionals called LawCare with career concerns last year, up from 8% a year earlier

30 Jan 2023

Italian labour law veteran launches employment boutique Failla&Partners in Milan

Luca Failla previously co-founded LabLaw and led it into alliance with Deloitte

21 Nov 2022

Jones Day announces first leadership change in 20 years as long-time managing partner steps down

Stephen Brogan picks replacement Gregory Shumaker, who becomes firm’s eighth managing partner

21 Nov 2022

Mayer Brown adds 35 to partnership in banking and finance-focused round


Women make up 51% of this year’s cohort, up from 26% in 2021

18 Nov 2022

Macfarlanes hires pensions partner from Hogan Lovells in London

Faye Jarvis follows the recent arrivals of financial regulator partner Michael Sholem and tax partner Sophie Donnithorne-Tait

16 Nov 2022

Travers Smith opts for 'stability and continuity' as it re-elects senior partner for second term

Kathleen Russ's second term will see her leading firm through to July 2025

16 Nov 2022

Gibson Dunn announces 37-strong US-dominated partner promotions round

Los Angeles giant also makes promotions in Dubai, London, Munich and Frankfurt

16 Nov 2022

International law institute launches project to deepen research into corporate-related climate litigation

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law will draw on experts from science, the judiciary, legal practice and academia

15 Nov 2022

Sidley Austin taps White & Case for Middle East-focused M&A partner in New York

Michiel Visser joins the firm’s global M&A and private equity practice

15 Nov 2022

Cleary Gottlieb promotes nine to partnership in Europe-focused round

New York, London and Paris see most promotions as tally falls from last year's total

14 Nov 2022

Law Society of Ireland names Maura Derivan as its 152nd president

Derivan is only the sixth woman to be elevated to the post, replacing Michelle Ní Longáin

11 Nov 2022

Majority of small US firms optimistic about growth outlook, Thomson Reuters study finds

Almost six in 10 firms expect revenues and profits per lawyer to rise over next 12 months

11 Nov 2022

Linklaters, Latham, Orrick and Hengeler advise on €16bn Vodafone, GIP and KKR telecoms joint venture

Vodafone is expected to raise at least €3.2bn after selling part of its stake in German telecoms business Vantage Towers

10 Nov 2022

Former Cleary Gottlieb competition head John Temple Lang passes away at 85

Temple Lang also previously worked at the European Commission and was a ‘heavyweight’ of EU competition law

10 Nov 2022

Wilson Sonsini lands former Hong Kong Competition Commission director to boost Brussels arm

Jindrich Kloub joins as a partner following five-year spell in Hong Kong after more than a decade at EC's competition arm

9 Nov 2022