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King & Spalding hires leading UK human rights QC to head public international law offering

Ben Emmerson joins as a partner in the firm's trials and global disputes practice in London

2 Nov 2020

Wilson Sonsini hires former Checkout.com GC in London to bolster fintech coverage

Joshua Kaplan, who was also chief operating officer at the payments company, joins as partner

30 Oct 2020

Quinn Emanuel hires former US district attorney and ex-Trump White House lawyer

John Bash joins as a partner in the firm's Houston and Washington DC offices

30 Oct 2020

Pinsent Masons boosts professional services offering with Vario expansion

New group combines flexible resourcing unit and diversity and inclusion consultancy, among others

29 Oct 2020

Gibson Dunn launches judgment and arbitral award enforcement practice

Group will be led by co-chairs Robert Weigel and Matthew McGill

29 Oct 2020

Women lawyers face racial roadblocks in gender diversity push, ABA study finds

Lack of dialogue over race issues potentially hindering female equality in the legal profession

28 Oct 2020

Six-figure debt loads taking 'mental toll' on US law students, ABA study finds

A third of US law school graduates are having to pursue different career paths to pay off debts

27 Oct 2020

New York City Bar voices 'significant concerns' about Barrett

City Bar questions Supreme Court Justice nominee's judgement, integrity and temperament 

26 Oct 2020

Clifford Chance names new Hong Kong managing partner amid wider regional shakeup

Dauwood Malik starts new role next month, with Connie Heng becoming new Asia Pacific head

23 Oct 2020

Quinn Emanuel bolsters tax practice after securing Weil Gotshal's Paris head

Second France disputes hire this month will see Stéphane Chaouat start in January with two counsel

23 Oct 2020

Allen & Overy sees gender pay gap narrow slightly as it reports progress on diversity goals

Target set in 2018 for 30% of leadership roles to be held by women is met as firm reports on disability for first time

22 Oct 2020

Clifford Chance adds financial investors role to global leadership group

Singapore managing partner Kai-Niklas Schneider to lead funds and investment industry strategy

21 Oct 2020

Norton Rose Fulbright bolsters Turkish partnership with project finance hire

Partner Utku Unver joins from Allen & Overy in Istanbul

20 Oct 2020

Baker McKenzie announces latest global leadership shake-up

Firm names new regional chairs for North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific

19 Oct 2020

The days of spending six months on thought leadership campaigns are over

Ben Edwards sets out five top tips from this week's Law Firm Marketing Summit

16 Oct 2020

White & Case raids Sidley Austin for fourth restructuring partner this month

Andrew O'Neill joins firm's Chicago office, further expanding its restructuring and insolvency practice

16 Oct 2020

BonelliErede spins off alternative legal services business into separate company

Leading Italian independent says beLab is seeking to become the 'go-to company for complementary legal services'

15 Oct 2020

Business development teams still face challenge to prove their value to law firm leaders

Function needs to be better defined and understood, say panellists at Law Firm Marketing Summit

14 Oct 2020

CMS plans life sciences push with arrival of four-strong team in Ukraine 

Partner Borys Danevych joins as head of life sciences in firm's Kiev office

13 Oct 2020

Top US firms creating ALSP clones to recapture lost revenue, study finds

Baretz+Brunelle report shows 35% of Am Law 100 firms have set up in-house ALSP units

9 Oct 2020