All Articles

Ashurst expands consulting business with five-partner Big Four hiring spree in Australia

Quintet includes Deloitte's former global leader of cyber and strategic risk Sid Maharaj

3 Mar 2021

Simpson Thacher secures Blackstone's European GC in latest London partner hire

Private equity specialist Geoffrey Bailhache adds to firm's ongoing European expansion

2 Mar 2021

Latham & Watkins lands US trade commission's former competition bureau director

Ian Conner will join as a partner in the firm's litigation and trial department in Washington

2 Mar 2021

Allen & Overy opens in Los Angeles with hire of six-partner Akin Gump renewables team

Co-heads of global projects switch firms as Magic Circle UK practice joins London-based rival Freshfields on West Coast

1 Mar 2021

ECIJA expands Latin America footprint through combination with Argentina's ELZEN

Deal is firm's fifth in the region since the start of last year, with Spanish firm eying further transactions

1 Mar 2021

Dentons names new Scotland managing partner in all-women leadership team

Claire Armstrong joins Glasgow and Edinburgh office heads Alison Bryce and Kirsti Olson

26 Feb 2021

Hogan Lovells widens government focus with launch of sovereigns practice

Global team will be led by London-based infrastructure partner Jeremy Brittenden

26 Feb 2021

Former TheJudge owners set up litigation fund Erso Capital with the Thomas Miller Group

Deal follows Thomas Miller's acquisition of litigation insurance broker TheJudge Group

25 Feb 2021

K&L Gates launches China-focused IP agency to bolster global trademark coverage

New agency will work directly with China's IP authorities rather than deal with local firms

24 Feb 2021

Robinson+Cole elects first female managing partner in its 175-year history

Regional US firm celebrates 'long overdue' milestone as litigation lawyer Rhonda Tobin takes on top job

24 Feb 2021

Davis Polk expands in Beijing with equity capital markets partner hire from Freshfields

Wall Street firm cites growing demand for elite Hong Kong law advice as Jason Xu climbs on board

23 Feb 2021

Herbert Smith Freehills steps up sustainability focus with new practice group

London-based energy partner Silke Goldberg appointed global leader of ESG practice

23 Feb 2021

MoFo launches pro bono support programme for black-owned businesses

Black Venture Accelerator will provide free legal services and business-related advice

22 Feb 2021

Faegre Drinker boosts restructuring group with twin US partner hires

Richard Bernard and Scott Gautier join from Foley & Lardner and Robins Kaplan respectively

19 Feb 2021

Dechert hires Weil's former head of restructuring and insolvency in London

Adam Plainer joins as co-head of US firm's global financial restructuring group

18 Feb 2021

DWF adds insurance partner in Dubai less than a year after UAE scale back

Brian Boahene joins from Ince to help build DWF's insurance presence in the region

16 Feb 2021

Majority of US law firms, in-house legal teams using ALSPs, Thomson Reuters survey finds

Alternative legal service provider market hits 'point of maturity' as 80% of law firms say they use them

16 Feb 2021

New Zealand firm Bell Gully names new chair and promotes three to partner

Real estate lawyer Andrew Petersen replaces Anna Buchly in the top seat

15 Feb 2021

Pandemic-related disputes likely to increase this year, Norton Rose Fulbright survey shows

Almost a fifth of US in-house teams also likely to increase staff numbers amid expected rise in workload

15 Feb 2021

UK law firm closures limited in 2020 despite impact of pandemic, lockdowns

Number of firms declines just 2%, helped partly by drop in operating expenses, according to Hazlewoods

12 Feb 2021