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LOD forms alliance with legal tech specialists SYKE to target digital transformation

Bowmark Capital-backed LOD will also invest in new partner

5 Mar 2021

Scottish firms must improve tech and flexible working offering to attract talent, report finds

Coronavirus pandemic highlights need for firms to modernise, Core-Asset Consulting says

5 Mar 2021

Ashurst opens Dublin office to maintain its EU competition law practice

New Irish rules prevent dual-qualified lawyers practising in Ireland without a physical presence in the country

4 Mar 2021

Linklaters names Hong Kong-based partner as new global capital markets head

Hwang Hwa Sim starts four-year term in May, replacing London partner Michael Voisin

4 Mar 2021

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