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Litify adds high-profile trio including former Cravath presiding partner to advisory board

Allen Parker is joined by ex-nCino CFO Jeff Babka and Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch founder David Wollmuth

16 Jul 2021

Diversity and inclusion policy gaps are increasing corporate compliance risks, study finds

Baker McKenzie and Howlett Brown survey shows two-thirds of companies just paying lip service to diversity

16 Jul 2021

UK legaltech sector sitting on untapped £22bn annual market opportunity, report finds

LawtechUK study says serving SMEs and consumers alone could be worth up to £11.4bn a year

15 Jul 2021

Goodwin continues private equity expansion with ex-Kramer Levin corporate co-chair hire

James Moriarty joins as a partner in New York and Santa Monica

14 Jul 2021

Pandemic-driven remote working hindering antitrust investigations, survey finds

Evidence collection harder given greater volume of data sources, FTI Consulting report shows

14 Jul 2021

Venable poaches IP partner quintet from Dentons to expand US IP litigation group

Team will be based across the firm’s Chicago, LA and Washington DC offices

13 Jul 2021

Kirkland & Ellis lands Paul Weiss M&A partner in New York

‘Rising star’ Rachael Coffey will join the firm’s corporate practice group

13 Jul 2021

Ashurst boosts global markets practice with derivatives partner hire from Crowell & Moring

Julia Lu joins in New York, following the recent hire of securities lawyer Lloyd Harmetz from MoFo

12 Jul 2021

Kennedys revenue hits fresh record as global expansion continues

Annual turnover rose 11% to £264m, with double-digit growth in Europe, Latin America and North America

9 Jul 2021

Simpson Thacher outpaces White & Case and Sullivan & Cromwell to lead US M&A rankings

US M&A surge accounted for more than half of global total in 1H21, according to Mergermarket

8 Jul 2021

US legal eDiscovery platform IPRO acquires Dutch legal hold business ZyLAB

Deal will enable IPRO to expand footprint into Europe and the UK

8 Jul 2021

MoFo expands Washington office with agency finance team hire from DLA Piper

New recruits include finance department partners Greg Smith and Ann Lilienthal

7 Jul 2021

K&L Gates combines with Luxembourg’s Volckrick & Associates in latest European expansion

Deal sees three Volckrick lawyers join the US firm, with Mathieu Volckrick leading the Luxembourg office

7 Jul 2021

White & Case beats Sullivan & Cromwell and Simpson Thacher to top global H1 M&A ranking

Record first half sees trio of elite Wall Street practices secure top-five Mergermarket slots alongside White & Case and Latham

6 Jul 2021

HFW teams up with maritime cybersecurity business CyberOwl

Partnership will help shipping companies improve cybersecurity compliance

6 Jul 2021

US distributed law firm Rimon launches in Seoul in latest international expansion

South Korea office will be headed by Jungwoo Chang - the firm's fourth new global opening this year

2 Jul 2021

Reed Smith appoints first chief innovation officer in latest legaltech push

David Cunningham joins in Houston from Winston & Strawn; will continue to lead Legal Metrics law firm consortium

1 Jul 2021

UK government faces challenges over future exhaustion of IP rights regime

Brexit created 'one way door' policy for parallel imports, say AA Thornton partners Ian Gill and Dan Byrne

1 Jul 2021

Cooley further expands new Chicago office with trio of litigation partner hires

New recruits arrive from Kirkland & Ellis, Mayer Brown and the DOJ

1 Jul 2021

O'Melveny opens second Texas office in less than a month with Dallas launch

Firm has hired a quartet of partners from Norton Rose Fulbright to lead the new Dallas office

30 Jun 2021