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Macfarlanes rides record deal markets to post £2.5m PEP
Revenue rises by 16% but top London independent warns it is entering 'more uncertain economic times'
Ashurst pushes PEP past pre-financial crisis levels as revenue climbs 12% to £798m
Anglo Australian firm celebrates sixth year of strong growth with PEP jumping to 1,175k
Ashurst to open in Texas as it targets US projects work
Third US office sets out to tap market opportunities fuelled by investment in infrastructure
Baker McKenzie turns to rising star to revamp Johannesburg leadership
Appointment follows last summer’s controversy over ‘management issues’ at office
BLM salaried partners to become legal directors under Clyde & Co merger plans
Around 140 salaried partners face having to apply to regain partner status in 'disruptive and potentially unsettling' process
Davis Polk’s Asia head withdraws from conference on Hong Kong security law
Agreement to participate ‘did not reflect an endorsement’ of topics, says veteran partner
Ex-Dechert London partner leaked details of client investigation to press, judge rules
UK court finds in favour of former mining client ENRC after closely watched 47-day hearing
John Quinn assumes executive chairman role in leadership shake-up at Quinn Emanuel
Litigation giant 'expands formal leadership' with appointment of two co-managing partners to help run firm
Herbert Smith Freehills hires workforce strategy head from PwC for new role
Firm says appointment reflects ‘highly competitive talent market and unprecedented external disruption and uncertainty’
Clifford Chance’s Moscow office to launch as independent firm with some job losses
Bortkevicha & Partners set to open on 1 May alongside 'small number’ of redundancies
Ropes & Gray secures three-partner private equity team from Fried Frank in London
Boston-based firm continues ‘impressive trajectory’ in UK as PE team seeks to build on record 2021
Regulator withdraws case against junior lawyer who left documents on train
Decision prompted by new medical evidence in case that put spotlight on mental health in UK profession
Kyiv-based lawyer features in record 60-strong CMS partner promotions round
Disputes specialist Olga Shenk joins partner ranks as dispersed Ukraine team remains operational
Noerr celebrates a second year of strong growth as turnover climbs 9.3% to €297m
Top European independent has also had ‘more than strong’ start to 2022 despite market uncertainty
Women make up 65% of newly promoted Eversheds Sutherland international partners
Landmark set as majority of partners made up across UK, EMEA and Asia are female for first time
FGvW’s co-head quits to help set up Freiburg office for Advant Beiten
Barbara Mayer is departing with 16-strong corporate team including 11 lawyers
Linklaters beats diversity targets for a second year as 17 women make the grade
Magic Circle UK firm celebrates ‘diversity of talent’ as it promotes 41 partners across its global network
Paul Hastings unveils hire of ‘extraordinary’ 18-partner Stroock restructuring team
Deal promises to catapult Los Angeles giant up bankruptcy rankings as Stroock acknowledges group's desire for ‘larger firm environment’
UK Supreme Court judges resign from Hong Kong’s top court over national security law
Supreme Court president Lord Reed cites administration’s departure from ‘values of political freedom and freedom of expression’
Men dominate Slaughter and May partner promotions in first year after publication of diversity targets
Just one woman made up in eight-strong cohort although five-year average is just shy of long-term goal