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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and RSHC named winners of McDonald’s diversity award

Award recognises fast food chain's legal suppliers for their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

3 Aug 2022

Hogan Lovells hires space and satellite financing partner from Milbank in US

Alexis Sáinz joins the firm in Washington DC as co-lead of its space and satellite practice

2 Aug 2022

Dentons hires veteran Dublin disputes lawyer from McCann FitzGerald

Karyn Harty will join as the firm’s new head of litigation for Ireland in late September

1 Aug 2022

Squire Patton Boggs makes twin hire as part of Diversity Lab’s OnRamp fellowship programme

Initiative is designed to help 200 women lawyers return to the profession by 2025

29 Jul 2022

UK GCs' take home pay significantly lags the rest of the world, study finds

Major Lindsey & Africa survey also shows huge disparity in gender pay globally

28 Jul 2022

Norton Rose Fulbright bolsters corporate team with partner hire from Buchanan Ingersoll

Veteran M&A lawyer Rajiv Khanna joins the firm in New York

27 Jul 2022

BCLP hires Baker McKenzie’s former global chief information officer in Chicago

Dan Surowiec takes up the CIO role at BCLP after more than two decades at Bakers

26 Jul 2022

Freshfields, HSF underscore racial diversity commitments with latest sponsorship schemes

Freshfields’ scholarship programme for black males enters 10th year, while HSF sponsors racial justice art project

22 Jul 2022

Gunderson Dettmer bolsters LatAm practice with Brazil office launch

São Paulo opening is the Silicon Valley firm’s first office on the ground in Latin America

20 Jul 2022

Stroock snaps up four-partner team from restructuring boutique Luskin, Stern & Eisler

New York firm seeks to rebuild bankruptcy practice after 18-partner departure to Paul Hastings in March

19 Jul 2022

US biopharma company Gilead Sciences hires new GC from Merck spinoff Organon

Deborah Telman replaces Brett Pletcher, who is retiring after 17 years at the company

18 Jul 2022

Baker McKenzie refreshes practice and industry group leaders across global business

Global giant makes five new appointments and extends term of three other group chairs

15 Jul 2022

TLT’s revenue jumps 30% to hit a record £144m as new strategy pays off

Profit per equity partner leaps 40% to £840,000 amid flexible working push

15 Jul 2022

Linklaters adds two structured finance partners from Alston & Bird in New York

Joseph Gambino and Peter Williams bring CLO expertise to the magic circle firm’s capital markets practice

14 Jul 2022

Singapore’s TechLaw.Fest returns for metaverse themed three-day hybrid conference

Two-day online conference will be preceded by a one-day in-person virtual reality exhibition

13 Jul 2022

France’s Gide promotes nine to partner in Paris-focused round

New partners also make the cut in Brussels, London and Warsaw

13 Jul 2022

Arbitration services business Arbitra adds four new members

Group has increased its member headcount to 35 from 18 since launching a year ago

12 Jul 2022

European class action claims hit new record in 2021, according to CMS study

UK accounts for 54% of total class action activity in Europe, fuelled by surge in litigation funding

11 Jul 2022

TLT hires Konexo’s former legal services head to lead its managed services business

Jonathan Townend joins after 18 years at Eversheds Sutherland, including its Konexo unit

7 Jul 2022

Sullivan & Cromwell tops global M&A H1 ranking as deal activity slows

Simpson Thacher and Skadden complete the top three by deal value, according to Refinitiv

6 Jul 2022