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Legal leaders fret about 2023 hiring, talent retention challenges, report finds

Reputation concerns and lack of senior level diversity also top of mind, according to MDC study

31 Oct 2022

Katten targets advertising sector with hire of senior IP litigation partner from Crowell & Moring

Christopher Cole joins in Washington as chair of firm’s advertising, marketing and promotions practice

28 Oct 2022

Latham & Watkins promotes 44 to partnership in record-equalling round

New York and London offices see most promotions with 11 and 10 respectively

28 Oct 2022

Gibson Dunn lands outgoing European Court of Human Rights president in London

Judge Robert Spano will join the US firm in January as of counsel

27 Oct 2022

Perkins Coie hires former DOJ lawyer to boost Washington commercial litigation practice

Michael Huston joins as partner and co-chair of its appeals, issues and strategy practice

27 Oct 2022

Jones Day elevates 45 to partner in latest US-dominated promotions round

Women make up almost half of this year’s cohort, up from 44% last year

26 Oct 2022

Allen & Overy boosts Italian litigation practice with partner hire from Delfino Willkie

Francesca Petronio becomes magic circle firm’s 10th global litigation practice recruit this year

26 Oct 2022

Linklaters appoints real estate lawyer as new Paris office managing partner

Françoise Maigrot will replace Bertrand Andriani at the start of next year

25 Oct 2022

European employers mull reducing pandemic remote working options, study finds

Tight labour market means employers still need to offer some flexibility to attract and retain talent, Littler survey shows

24 Oct 2022

New York State Senator who sponsored Fashion Act to speak at upcoming Luxury Law Summit Americas

Senator Alessandra Biaggi will join senior names from global brands including Burberry and Louis Vuitton America

24 Oct 2022

Reed Smith names M&A lawyer as new Frankfurt managing partner in latest German shake-up

Appointment follows departure of previous Frankfurt MP for US rival McDermott Will & Emery and naming of new managing partner in Munich back in April

21 Oct 2022

Norton Rose Fulbright completes double partner hire from Gide and Pinsent Masons in Paris

Banking and finance specialist Kamel Ben Salah and corporate adviser Pierre François boost Paris partner count to 25

20 Oct 2022

Firms including DLA Piper, Linklaters back study into lack of black partners in the UK

'The 1% Study’ outlines steps law firms should take to boost number of senior black lawyers

20 Oct 2022

Osborne Clarke names real estate lawyer as new UK managing partner

Conrad Davies, international head of the firm’s urban dynamics group, will replace Ray Berg

19 Oct 2022

Top 100 UK firms see average fee income grow over past financial year, study finds

Talent shortages and macroeconomic challenges expected to weigh in year ahead, according to PwC survey

18 Oct 2022

Willkie Farr & Gallagher hires trio of real estate partners from Munger Tolles in LA

Team includes Misty Sanford, who will chair the firm’s West Coast real estate practice

18 Oct 2022

Kirkland & Ellis hires London M&A partner from Clifford Chance in latest European infrastructure push

Toby Parkinson is Kirkland's fourth UK lateral hire from a Magic Circle firm since the summer

17 Oct 2022

‘Take every opportunity as if this is your breakthrough moment’: a barrister’s journey from Tower Hamlets via the Magic Circle

Kawsar Zaman on mentoring’s crucial role in improving social mobility within the legal profession

17 Oct 2022

Baker McKenzie, Allen & Overy advise on Advent and Wilbur-Ellis chemicals tie-up

Advent’s Caldic and Wilbur-Ellis’s Connell to merge to create €3bn global life sciences and speciality chemicals business

14 Oct 2022

Dentons continues to build in Dublin with hire of William Fry’s debt capital markets head

Matthew Cahill is the second banking and finance lawyer to join from William Fry this month

14 Oct 2022