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King & Spalding partners with RICE to provide legal support to black business owners

US firm's Atlanta office will offer pro bono counsel, funding and access to a multi-use space

11 Jun 2021

SME and startup-focused Australian online law firm Sprintlaw plans UK expansion

UK business will be headed up by former Lexoo legal network manager Adil Khan

10 Jun 2021

Duane Morris appoints first female chair of an international firm in Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City-based corporate partner Nguyen Thi Lang will lead firm's Vietnam business

10 Jun 2021

Baker McKenzie makes triple hire in UAE from King & Spalding, Linklaters

Trio joining as partners are M&A lawyers Osama Audi and Adnan Doha and capital markets specialist Abeer Jarrar

9 Jun 2021

Squire Patton Boggs hires trio from Roca & Junyent in Madrid to boost finance practice

Team is led by banking and finance partner Pablo Rodriguez Abelenda

9 Jun 2021

Latham & Watkins eyes German M&A market with twin partner hire from Baker McKenzie

Duo includes Ingo Strauss and Heiko Gotsche, who join the firm's Düsseldorf office

8 Jun 2021

Luxury brands rethink e-commerce strategies as pandemic crimps in-store retail

Trade wars and Brexit also creating challenges for luxury sector, Hogan Lovells web seminar hears

8 Jun 2021

O'Melveny takes Thompson & Knight energy quartet to launch Austin office

Team includes Thompson & Knight's former Austin office head Phillip Oldham

8 Jun 2021

US legaltech provider Intapp files for potential initial public offering

Palo Alto-based company says 96 of the AM Law 100 firms are users of its platform

7 Jun 2021

Linklaters pledges to cut carbon emissions by at least half over next decade

Firm commits to 70% reduction in Scope 1&2 emissions and 50% cut in Scope 3 emissions

7 Jun 2021

Shoosmiths enters joint venture with Chartsbridge to launch Equivo recoveries business

Almost 200 Shoosmiths staff are transferring to the new company

4 Jun 2021

Norton Rose Fulbright hires DocGovern's former tech chief to boost legaltech consulting business

George Steven joins the consulting arm of the firm's NRF Transform innovation platform

4 Jun 2021

Dentons launches new global advisory business to expand beyond legal services

Dentons Global Advisors is teaming up with Washington strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group

3 Jun 2021

Adult movie pirating disputes see Fox Rothschild top US copyright case ranking

Davis Wright Tremaine and Covington & Burling top-ranked for defendant work in Lex Machina copyright and trademark litigation research

3 Jun 2021

Majority of companies expecting M&A uptick across Asia Pacific region, study finds

Baker McKenzie report says acquisitions will be a key driver of post-pandemic recovery

2 Jun 2021

Luminance expands AI offering with in-house-focused contracting platform

Tech has already been adopted by in-house teams including Vodafone and Ferrero

1 Jun 2021

Ashurst hires former HFW Perth managing partner to bolster Australian disputes team

Construction disputes partner Matthew Blycha joins as a partner in the firm's Perth office

31 May 2021

McDermott's boosts US transactions team with six partner hire from DLA Piper and others

New arrivals join in Atlanta, Dallas, New York, LA, Washington and Chicago

28 May 2021

Jones Day hires banking team from Gide Loyrette Nouel to boost Paris finance practice

Five-strong team is led by partner and Gide's former finance head Jean-Guillaume de Tocqueville

27 May 2021

Diversity Labs launches initiative to help in-house teams track law firm diversity

US corporates including Gap and HP have signed up to the programme

27 May 2021