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Bennani & Associés moves into Central Africa with Kinshasa office launch
Opening of fifth office sees firm complete next stage of strategy to grow Francophone Africa network
De Berti Jacchia becomes first Italian firm to partner with global ESG standards body
Milan practice signs up to Global Reporting Initiative as part of wider sustainability drive
Regulator drops probe into ex-Freshfields partner’s review of rape allegation at UBS
Magic Circle UK firm welcomes closure with no further action of long-running SRA investigation
Natasha Harrison unveils London litigation firm after mass defection from Boies Schiller
Former deputy chair and London office head at New York firm promises to adopt ‘blueprint for a modern law firm’
Noerr spins out Moscow office in response to 'altered market conditions'
German independent forges cooperation deal with Arno Legal after local management buy out
Linklaters sets out to build specialist team of practice innovation lawyers
Global head of practice innovation role created as UK firm seeks out lawyers who can ‘champion new tools and ways of working’
Quinn Emanuel upbeat over flat 2021 London revenue performance
Firm praises team for matching record 2020 turnover as it faced ‘particular’ challenge of competition team departure
Linklaters’ ex-managing partner appointed general counsel of NatWest Group
Gideon Moore chosen for one of UK's top in-house roles, leading team of more than 300 lawyers
Fried Frank adds third European office with Brussels launch
Wall Street firm latest US practice to open in EU regulatory hub in wake of Brexit
Allen & Overy boosts European antitrust team with high-profile tech-focused Sidley hire
UK firm flags competition law as strategic priority as it secures Sidley’s co-head of antitrust in London
The year in headlines – the top stories of 2021 and the trends they reflect
We review a year characterised by record deal markets, a war for talent, geopolitical tension and all things ESG
Littler marks tenth anniversary of Mexico launch with third office
US employment law giant sets up shop in industrial hub Saltillo
New England’s Verrill strengthens Boston presence with Rackemann combination
Deal grows Portland-based firm's Boston attorney headcount to 60 as duo cite cultural and practice fit
ALSPs capture just 2% of outsourced legal department work for ‘megamatters’, report finds
Billing data analysis suggests in-house teams should focus more on largest matters to achieve cost savings
Norton Rose Fulbright appoints Islamic finance specialist as next global chair
London-based Farmida Bi will take over from US chair Shauna Clark in January
Taylor Wessing secures 10-strong finance team from Deloitte Legal in Poland
Hires are latest of series of team moves in Warsaw as international firms exchange blows
Cravath becomes latest Wall Street firm to abandon lockstep pay model
Elite firm moves to modified lockstep two months after losing corporate partner to UK’s Freshfields in New York
Crowell & Moring adds derivatives quartet from McGuireWoods in London
Hires build on US firm's acquisition of Wall Street financial services boutique Kibbe & Orbe earlier this year
Kirkland shortens equity partner track to reward best talent in record deal markets
Salaried partners given earlier chance to make coveted equity status in latest reflection of hyper-competitive market for talent
Slaughter and May raids Freshfields to secure first COO
Move completes modernisation of Magic Circle UK firm's management structure following election of first managing partner