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Anesco names former Centrica legal director as company’s first general counsel
New GC Vicky Wells was also previously interim GC at venture capital fund Entrepreneur First
Bowmans picks leading M&A lawyer as new chair and senior partner
Ezra Davids takes over the leadership role from Robert Legh, who passed away earlier this year
UK and US corporates lack budgets to maintain regulatory compliance, study finds
Law firms, however, are better resourced than last year to help clients manage regulatory change, Integreon report shows
Linklaters rolls out document verification tool to speed up transaction work
Atticus platform is being adopted by firm’s London and Hong Kong offices
Gilbert + Tobin hires PwC corporate head to boost Sydney M&A team
Karen Evans-Cullen joins as new firm secures lead role advising on Australia's largest-ever merger
BCLP adds Korean real estate veteran from Mayer Brown to head up Korea practice
Kwon Lee joins as a partner in the firm’s global real estate practice in New York
Private equity firm makes first UK law firm acquisition
Blixt snaps up 23-partner regional practice as it sets out to build £100m national player
DLA Piper announces Dublin office move as it eyes Irish expansion
New 30,000 square foot space will enable firm to grow its current 75+ Irish headcount
Sullivan, Kirkland and Weil top global M&A advisory league table in busiest July since 2007
Tech firms also prosper as deal value hits almost $500bn fuelled by fourth-highest month for SPAC transactions
Holland & Knight completes merger with Dallas-based energy specialists Thompson & Knight
Combined firm boosts headcount to 1,600 and will operate under the Holland & Knight brand
Law Society of New South Wales launches online sexual harassment awareness platform
Portal aims to tackle harassment, discrimination and victimisation through training and other support
Gowling enters partnership with Saudi Arabian firm Al Ghazzawi Professional Association
Anglo-Canadian firm plans to recruit Riyadh-based team to support relationship leads Jonathan Brufal and Tim Casben
Steptoe unveils online resource to track Biden’s antitrust executive order developments
The Executive Order on Competition Tracker will enable clients to keep updated on related initiatives
Crowell & Moring unveils resource project for startups led by former Atrium trio
Michel Narganes, Jon O’Connell and Matthew Melville are founders of the firm’s GrowthStudio
ESG tools can help companies combat racial inequality, Wachtell partners say
Proper ESG oversight can help business leaders know when to speak out on racial matters
BCLP overcomes pandemic disruptions with solid autumn trainee retention rates
Firm retains 86% of its autumn cohort in London, Manchester and Hong Kong
Ashurst posts double digit revenue growth in 2020/21 as PEP rises to £1m
Revenue has now increased by 40% over the past five years
Winstead hires IP and business litigation trio from Thompson & Knight in Dallas
Phillip Philbin, Jamie McDole and Michael Karson all join as shareholders
Satellite comms company OneWeb names former AA GC as new chief legal officer
Nadia Hoosen joins ahead of OneWeb’s commercial services launch later this year
Morgan Stanley legal chief decries ‘lack of urgency’ from lawyers to return to office
Letter to law firms warns of threat to client service posed by the profession's drive to embrace remote working