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Willkie Farr & Gallagher makes leadership changes as veteran chairman retires

Matthew Feldman will serve as joint chairman with Thomas Cerabino, replacing the outgoing Steven Gartner

21 Dec 2020

Wella names new chief legal officer following Coty sale

Herminie Simonetta was previously GC of Coty's professional beauty and hair businesses

18 Dec 2020

Goodwin Procter hires Kirkland & Ellis partner as it bets on M&A upswing

Joshua Zachariah joins as a partner in the firm's Boston headquarters

17 Dec 2020

Gender pay gap narrows for women law firm partners as pay rises outpace men, study finds

But male partners still significantly out-earning their female counterparts, according to Major Lindsey & Africa survey

16 Dec 2020

Simpson Thacher secures fourth London 2020 lateral partner hire

Allen & Overy's global antitrust co-chair climbs on board in wake of previous hires from Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Gibson Dunn

15 Dec 2020

McDermott boosts Paris corporate team with partner hire from Paul Hastings

Guillaume Kellner brings M&A and private equity expertise across regulated sectors and infrastructure

15 Dec 2020

Sidley Austin sees women partner intake rise in latest promotion round

Gender diversity rises to 43% as 12 out of 28 new partners at top 10 US firm are women

14 Dec 2020

Boies Schiller names new managing partner trio in latest leadership shakeup

Move follows departure of co-managing partner Nicholas Gravante to Cadwalader at the start of December

14 Dec 2020

GCs more optimistic about business prospects amid vaccine hopes, study finds

Morrison & Foerster survey also shows that GCs are worried about increased cyber threats

11 Dec 2020

Brightflag secures $28m investment as legaltech firm eyes global expansion

Cash will be used to add 60 new jobs and accelerate product innovation

10 Dec 2020

Burges Salmon opens Dublin arm as post-Brexit realities bite

Move will ensure the Bristol-based firm can continue offering trade mark services in trading bloc

9 Dec 2020

White & Case lands two experienced restructuring partners from Ropes & Gray

Keith Wofford and Stephen Moeller-Sally join firm in New York and Boston respectively

8 Dec 2020

Securities litigation set to rise in wake of Covid-19 crisis, according to Dechert

Litigation funders fuelling increase in collective action cases outside US, new report states

4 Dec 2020

Cadwalader lands Boies Schiller leader in litigation team expansion

Nicholas Gravante exits New York firm after just one year as co-managing partner

3 Dec 2020

Squire Patton Boggs makes double partner hire in Sydney to bolster energy practice

Move comes a day after financial services veteran Derrick Cephas joined in New York

2 Dec 2020

Alston & Bird taps Cadwalader for trio of structured finance lawyers

Partners Joseph Gambino and Peter Williams join the firm's New York office along with associate Elizabeth Walker

1 Dec 2020

HFW revamps gender equality strategy after missing previous target

New strategy takes broader approach to improve gender representation across deal teams

30 Nov 2020

Gateley poised to defy pandemic pains with resilient first half financial results

AIM-listed firm says six-month revenue to the end of October will be roughly in line with 2019

27 Nov 2020

Australian law firms mostly avoid pandemic woes as profits remain robust, study finds

Commonwealth Bank report shows that almost four in five firms posted stable or rising profits this year

26 Nov 2020

Top 100 UK firms tighten grip on legal market, study finds

Liberum report shows that number of UK legal businesses fell for the first time since records began

25 Nov 2020