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Facebook's digital currency project Libra names HSBC's chief legal officer as first CEO
Stuart Levey will join the Libra Association in the summer with a mission to allay regulators' concerns about the currency
US firms see sharp slowdown in new matters as coronavirus dents demand, study finds
Clio research shows that matter creation has fallen by 30% since the start of the year
RPC Singapore joint venture hires trio of partners from Bird & Bird
Appointments help bolster firm's disputes team after mass-defection to Drew & Napier last year
BCLP Cubed strikes partnership with Siemens' app development platform Mendix
Tie-up allows BCLP to build rapid tech solutions for in-house teams to support high-volume work
Mueller probe lawyer Andrew Weissmann to return to Jenner & Block
Former Russia investigation and mafia prosecutor to rejoin firm on 1 July
Legal operations function helps boost in-house maturity, survey finds
ACC study shows legal departments without ops professionals significantly lag peers
Cuatrecasas ramps up Latin America presence with Chile launch
Santiago office adds to recent launches in Bogota and Lima.
King & Spalding hires 13-partner West Coast team from Boies Schiller
Arrivals include Quyen Ta and David Willingham, who had co-led Boies Schiller's San Francisco and LA offices
US GCs and CLOs out-earning global peers by nearly half, new study finds
Major Lindsey & Africa survey shows female GCs in US also earning less than their male colleagues
Fisher & Phillips, Gordon & Rees top US trade secrets litigation firm rankings in 2019
Total amount of damages awarded last year rises by almost half to $105m, Lex Machina report shows
Singapore's global dispute resolution reputation grows as arbitration cases hit record in 2019
Corporate disputes saw biggest rise at SIAC as cases from India and the Philippines increased
IP rights gain traction in China as it supplants US as the world's most active WIPO patent filer
America loses top spot for the first time in almost half a century; expert points to 'dramatic' improvement in China enforcement regime
Husch Blackwell elects firm's first female chairperson
Catherine Hanaway, former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, will replace outgoing chair Greg Smith
DLA Piper announces new US co-managing partners as part of wider national reshuffle
Jackie Kim Park and Richard Chesley replace Stasia Kelly who moves to client relations role
Asia Pacific M&A slowdown fails to derail region's top deal advisers
Freshfields, Allen & Overy and Cyril Amarchand all improve on 1Q19 performance
Political uncertainty weighs on Latin America M&A activity in first quarter
Covid-19 slower to impact region as Debevoise, Weil Gotshal and Gibson Dunn lead advisory rankings
Europe sees rise in M&A activity in Q1 ahead of expected Covid-19 slowdown
Freshfields, Latham & Watkins and Cleary Gottlieb top rankings as deal value soars by 30%
Wachtell tops US M&A advisory rankings as Covid-19 pandemic halves Q1 dealmaking
Deal value collapses 57% in the first quarter as wary buyers put transactions on hold
Crowell & Moring snaps up ex-Atrium partners to expand venture capital practice
Hirings come a month after San Francisco-based new law start up said it was shutting down
Willkie Farr hires former Jenner & Block chairman to launch Chicago office
Craig Martin joins firm as partner along with five other ex-Jenner & Block attorneys