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Freshfields adds another Cravath dealmaker in New York as it pushes US growth

Jenny Hochenberg follows Damian Zoubek’s arrival at the Magic Circle firm last September

20 May 2022

Winston & Strawn and Kirkland & Ellis both target ‘dynamic’ Miami with new offices

Chicago firms take different routes south, Winston through lateral hires while Kirkland opts to relocate team

19 May 2022

London-listed companies face rising class action threat, Thomson Reuters study finds

Class action lawsuits for FTSE 100 entities increased 10% last year to 170 cases

19 May 2022

UK legaltech firm Legl raises $18m in Series B round backed by Octopus Ventures

Latest cash injection will help startup expand its product offering, hire new staff and tap new markets

19 May 2022

Paul Hastings lands high-profile infrastructure partner trio from Shearman & Sterling in New York

Hires follow arrival of 18-partner restructuring team from Stroock in March

17 May 2022

BASF announces global programme to boost diversity among its panel firm lawyers

Initiative follows similar scheme in North America that has seen a doubling of diverse relationship partners

16 May 2022

John Quinn assumes executive chairman role in leadership shake-up at Quinn Emanuel

Litigation giant 'expands formal leadership' with appointment of two co-managing partners to help run firm

13 May 2022

Evisort raises $100m in latest funding round led by venture capital firm TCV

Series C round will help the US legaltech start-up accelerate its global growth plans

12 May 2022

Kirkland & Ellis lands M&A ‘rising star’ partner from Cravath in New York

Partner Allison Wein is the second dealmaker to leave Cravath in the last eight months

11 May 2022

LexisNexis acquires Parley Pro to bolster its CounselLink enterprise legal management platform

Deal adds contract lifecycle management tools to its legal spend and matter management capabilities

10 May 2022

Majority of global businesses significantly impacted by fraud and serious misconduct, study finds

Cost of internal investigations also increasing, particularly for large organisations, according to Kroll

10 May 2022

Diversity Lab certifies first cohort of midsize firms in NFL-style diversity programme

Some 26 US firms were certified for their efforts to boost underrepresented groups in senior roles

9 May 2022

RPC makes up 10 to partnership in latest promotion round

Women make up half of this year’s cohort, up from 30% in 2021

6 May 2022

US employers split on Covid jabs, with just under half mandating vaccines, study finds

Littler survey shows percentage of employers requiring vaccination almost doubled since August

5 May 2022

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance refreshes global antitrust leadership team

Marc Besen is named global co-chair while Richard Blewett will lead the Brussels competition practice

4 May 2022

Gateley acquires property insurance claims specialist Smithers Purslow to expand platform business

Deal could be valued as high as £20m, Gateley’s largest acquisition to date

21 Apr 2022

Simmons & Simmons hires new global ESG head from Morgan Stanley in London

Sonali Siriwardena was head of sustainability regulation at the bank’s investment management arm

21 Apr 2022

Latham & Watkins taps White & Case for US energy and infrastructure partner duo

Christopher Peponis joins the firm in Houston, while Hamad Al-Hoshan will be based in New York

20 Apr 2022

Stephenson Harwood announces refreshed partner development programme

Training will equip junior partners with soft skills needed to progress faster to equity partnership

19 Apr 2022

Lefosse hires infrastructure partner from Brazilian peer Stocche Forbes

Miriam Signor will head up project finance and project development at the firm

19 Apr 2022