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Kingsley Napley sets out September office return as it moves to new London home
Top 100 UK firm abandons designated offices under flexible plan for Shoreditch headquarters
Mayer Brown builds Hong Kong corporate and securities offering with partner hires
Four partners join from K&L Gates and EY’s Hong Kong legal arm, along with four lawyers
Appointments: leadership change at Harneys; Russell Cooke's charities team adds partner
Round-up also features Jones Day, CMS, Mayer Brown, Hugh James and Eversheds Sutherland
Chinese outbound M&A fuels 82% jump in Asia Pacific H1 deal value
Skadden tops Mergermarket's league tables by value, with India's AZB & Partners leading the pack for volume
Law firm network TerraLex names first CEO
Terri Pepper Gavulic has been elected to lead the 19,000-lawyer strong network
Linklaters rolls out workplace wellbeing app to UK staff
AI-powered platform accompanied by £300 allowance for mental health-related tools
Jenner & Block launch culture risk practice as corporate clients face new kinds of crisis
New group aimed at advising those accused of having a toxic work environment
Freshfields and DLA Piper cash in on first half European M&A deal surge
Duo top Mergermarket’s value and volume rankings respectively as total transaction value jumps by 81%
Hogan Lovells targets September for flexible return to UK offices
Firm cites ‘considerable benefits’ to office-based work as it adopts regional policy
White & Case beats Sullivan & Cromwell and Simpson Thacher to top global H1 M&A ranking
Record first half sees trio of elite Wall Street practices secure top-five Mergermarket slots alongside White & Case and Latham
Pinsent Masons reports double digit hike in PEP as revenue breaks through £500m benchmark
Fee income edges up by 1.5% as PEP surges by 16% to reach £636,000
CMS global revenue edges up to €1.475bn as UK growth stalls
Firm-wide turnover climbed by 3% in 2020; UK LLP fee income rises by just £1m
Appointments: McDermott boosts London energy team, Ashurst builds in New York
The week's round-up of global lateral hires also features Sidley Austin, Clyde & Co and Morgan Lewis among others
Bowmans mourns death of chairman and senior partner Robert Legh
Top South African firm announces 'devastating loss' of 'a leader, a partner, a colleague and a friend'
A&O hires private equity partner from Weil in Munich as laterals market continues to buzz
UK firm restocks bench after loss to Dechert as it targets EU's 'most important market for investors'
Partner promotions at Baker McKenzie dip to 67 after bumper year in 2020
Proportion of women slips to 36% following 40%-plus rounds in each of two previous years
Linklaters bolsters LatAm presence with dedicated Mexico group
Group set to be led by Spain-qualified managing associate Alberto Garcia Linera
'One size fits all no longer serves': TLT announces long-term shift to flexible working
The top-50 UK law firm will invest millions in tech and telecommunications over the next two years to support the change
Kirkland and Ellis to grow Austin offering with IP litigation practice
Launch to come shortly after Kirkland set up shop in the Texan capital, with partner Jeannie Heffernan relocating form New York to lead the effort
Ex-Russell McVeagh partner guilty of inappropriate sexual conduct at Christmas party
New Zealand Law Society praises victims for their courage and says case sets 'clear benchmark' for acceptable behaviour