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Sidley Austin boosts London private equity practice with Proskauer partner hire
Chicago giant continues to restock London PE practice following raids by Goodwin Procter and Gibson Dunn
Pinsent Masons secures 23-strong team from local firm for Luxembourg launch
Deal adds seven new partners including Michel Bulach who will head the new Luxembourg office
McDermott hires eight IP partners from Baker Botts to launch in Austin
New office will be headed by Baker Botts’ former Austin IP head Kevin Meek
UK government appoints Freeths to oversee new compensation scheme for Post Office victims
More than 500 postmasters eligible for fresh compensation over Horizon IT scandal
M&A boom sees in-house teams almost double deal-related legal spend
Transaction advice represents 7.4% of all legal billing in 2021, up from 4.3% a year earlier
Hogan Lovells creates new global leadership roles for growth and sectors
Phoebe Wilkinson and Patrick Ayad are named managing partners for growth and sectors respectively
More than a dozen Am Law 100 firms commit to covering travel for out-of-state abortion care
Some 76 Am Law 100 firms have offices in states that have banned or restricted abortions, Above The Law research shows
Morrison Foerster elects San Francisco M&A partner as new chair
Eric Takeshi McCrath will be the firm’s first ethnically diverse chair when he replaces Larren Nashelsky in October
Morgan Lewis expands in Seattle with arrival of 14 litigators from Calfo Eakes
New office will be co-led by prominent trial lawyers Patty Eakes and Angelo Calfo
Women in law don’t see pay equality happening in their working lives, UK study finds
Almost two-thirds of women say senior management at their firms aren’t prioritising gender pay
New York dominates as Debevoise & Plimpton promotes eight to partnership
Women account for 38% of the promotions, just under the firm’s 40% long-term average
Latham & Watkins hires WilmerHale’s former international arbitration head in New York
John Pierce will co-chair Latham’s international arbitration practice alongside Fernando Mantilla-Serrano
Eversheds Sutherland expands Central and Eastern Europe business with Bulgarian tie-up
Firm combines with four-parter Sofia-based outfit Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners
Sullivan & Cromwell, Freshfields advise on €8.6bn Sitel and Majorel merger
Arendt & Medernach, Stibbe and Elvinger Hoss Prussen also advised on the deal
Dentons hires DWF’s former Middle East finance and banking head as a partner
Umera Ali will split her time between the firm’s Dubai and Riyadh offices
Ashurst, Arnold Bloch Leibler advise on Aussie crypto exchange merger
Crypto exchange Swyftx is combing with trading platform Superhero to create $1.5bn business
Apple, Google GCs among LCLD members making public diversity pledges
Promises are part of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s Leaders at the Front campaign
Holland & Knight adds veteran tax partner in Colombia as LatAm growth continues
Florida-based firm's focus on LatAm investment yields latest addition to network
Fennemore agrees tie-up with 113-year old East Bay firm Wendel Rosen
Deal adds 56 lawyers to Fennemore’s roster, taking its total headcount to 250
Complex EU data rules hindering data-driven business models, survey finds
Some 63% of GCs say data regulation is too confusing, according to Osborne Clarke and ECLA study