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Ex-assistant to solicitor general returns to Paul Weiss in Washington DC

Appellate litigator Masha Hansford rejoins firm following wave of litigation defections in wake of Trump deal

5 Sep 2025

Greenberg hits NRF for four-lawyer project finance team in Dubai

Group led by partners Nicholas Kramer and Angela Croker joins as US firm highlights growing global infrastructure practice as a priority

4 Sep 2025

Akin opens in Chicago with four partners recruited from Mayer Brown

Launch of 18th office follows hire of real estate funds and infrastructure M&A team in May

4 Sep 2025

Freshfields guides Bahrain sovereign wealth fund as it takes full ownership of McLaren

Deal values reigning Formula One world champions at around £3.5bn

3 Sep 2025

Shoosmiths taps former DLA Piper leader as advisor

Simon Levine joins UK-headquartered firm’s board to shape its international growth and drive innovation

2 Sep 2025

Clyde & Co recruits 17-lawyer team for Netherlands debut

Insurance powerhouse merges with local boutique to open in Rotterdam

2 Sep 2025

Sullivan & Cromwell adds Kirkland’s Asimacopoulos and ex-Weil office head Francies in London

Restructuring specialist Kon Asimacopoulos will co-head London office; corporate heavyweight Francies is lured out of retirement

1 Sep 2025

Ex-Withers group launches London office for German tech law firm

Group led by Withers Tech creator James Shaw to open YPOG’s first international office

1 Sep 2025

McDermott hires Cadwalader corporate co-chair to lead new practice

Ira Schacter marks one of McDermott’s first big laterals since merger with Schulte

15 Aug 2025

Proskauer hits White & Case for leveraged finance partner in London

Peter Mason marks seventh finance partner hire by Proskauer’s London office in the past year

14 Aug 2025

Trio of firms called in for National Grid’s £1.5bn LNG terminal sale to Centrica, ECP

Latham and Slaughter and May counsel the purchasers as HSF Kramer advises National Grid in deal to allow it to focus on its electricity and gas networks

14 Aug 2025

Eversheds Sutherland’s international arm posts 3% revenue rise against 8% increase in PEP

Transatlantic firm unveils ‘robust’ results and points to investment in people and technology

13 Aug 2025

A&O Shearman restocks Luxembourg funds bench with Clifford Chance duo

Hires follow funds lawyers exiting for Simpson Thacher, legacy Herbert Smith Freehills’ Luxembourg launches

13 Aug 2025

Pinsents grows turnover 4.7% to £680m as PEP inches up

PEP rises 0.5% to £797k having dipped slightly last year

13 Aug 2025

Simmons adds partner quartet from Goodwin’s Frankfurt office ahead of closure

Real estate team’s hire follows firm adding to practice across Paris and London over the past 18 months

12 Aug 2025

TLT revenue hits £187m as UK firm continues national expansion plans

Turnover jumped 7.5% driven by growing domestic footprint and new partner hires

12 Aug 2025

Weil taps Latham for two more IP litigators

Chris Henry and Gaby LaHatte arrive hot on the heels of Weil’s hire of Latham partner trio for new IP, technology and science litigation practice

11 Aug 2025

Fieldfisher PEP hits £1m amid European growth push

UK-headquartered firm grows profit per equity partner 3% in year to end of March as revenue inches up 1% to £385m

11 Aug 2025

Clyde & Co revenue inches up 3% as profit hits £178m

Firm points to North America as fastest-growing region as revenue reaches £854m

8 Aug 2025

Corrs Chambers Westgarth adds rival Gilbert + Tobin’s executive partner in Sydney

Tim Gordon joins after 11 years at Gilbert + Tobin, where he also led corporate advisory group

8 Aug 2025