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Pinsent Masons adds former CMA chair in board refresh

Marcus Bokkerink joins as external board member alongside AlixPartners Europe co-founder Pippa Wicks

21 Jul 2025

Freshfields builds in Paris with four-lawyer M&A team hire from French boutique

Partner Benoit Marpeau joins from Peltier Juvigny Marpeau & Associés with a counsel and two associates

18 Jul 2025

Kirkland, Slaughter and May guide Reckitt’s $4.8bn Essential Home sale to Advent

Kirkland acts for marquee client Advent as Slaughters counsels Reckitt in deal meant to help revamp its portfolio and sharpen focus on core brands

18 Jul 2025

Simmons marks second Middle East launch in two months with Abu Dhabi move

UK-headquartered firm follows up Riyadh debut with planned launch in Abu Dhabi Global Market

17 Jul 2025

Dentons’ UK, Ireland and Middle East revenue tops £300m after 9% growth

Global giant’s UKIME arm points to investment in high growth markets as topline hits record high

17 Jul 2025

Willkie builds in Dallas with PE partner trio from Akin, A&O Shearman

PE-focused office has doubled partner headcount since opening 14 months ago

16 Jul 2025

Cooley recruits Ashurst tech M&A co-head in London

Jonathan Cohen will support US firm’s venture capital offering in the UK

15 Jul 2025

Taylor Wessing reports record revenue as UK PEP pushes past £1m

Anglo-German firm grows topline 10% to £526.2m as UK PEP hits £1.1m

15 Jul 2025

Brodies reports 15th consecutive year of revenue growth as PEP hits £885k

Leading Scottish independent hands out firmwide bonus as turnover grows 11% to £126.7m

15 Jul 2025

Linklaters recruits eight-lawyer restructuring team in Paris from top French boutique Darrois

Group led by partner François Kopf, who joins as global chair of restructuring and insolvency

11 Jul 2025

Freshfields builds US M&A momentum with lead role on Merck’s $10bn Verona deal

US pharma giant turns to Freshfields as Latham counsels London-based Verona

10 Jul 2025

Bird & Bird reports 6% revenue increase against flat PEP

UK-founded firm’s topline hits €672.6m in first year of five-year strategy

10 Jul 2025

Former Sidley, Kirkland practice leaders join recently launched Alvarez & Marsal-linked firm in Hong Kong

Gordon Davidson and Fergus Saurin sign up with Broadfield alongside five more hires across Hong Kong and London

9 Jul 2025

Law Society strikes deal with Italian National Bar in ‘post-Brexit breakthrough’

Memorandum of Understanding sees Italian Bar commit to pushing for introduction of ‘foreign legal consultant’ status in Italy

9 Jul 2025

Epiq acquires top UK claims administration business Case Pilots

New York-based Epiq boosts leadership in class action administration in UK and Europe with latest acquisition

8 Jul 2025

Trio of top M&A firms guide CoreWeave’s $9bn Core Scientific AI acquisition

David Polk and Kirkland & Ellis advise CoreWeave as Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz acts for Core Scientific in deal to meet AI power needs

8 Jul 2025

Paul Weiss antitrust partner jumps to Paul Hastings in Washington DC

Joshua Soven served at the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission

7 Jul 2025

HFW revenue climbs 8% to £270m against 3% dip in PEP

UK-headquartered firm clocks record year for revenue and profit in third year of sector-focused strategy

7 Jul 2025

Quartet of firms guide Apollo-backed Athora’s £5.7bn takeover of UK pension insurer PIC

Sidley Austin and A&O Shearman advise Athora as HSF Kramer guides PIC and Slaughter and May advises PIC shareholders including CVC

4 Jul 2025

Macfarlanes, Uría Menéndez line up opposite A&O Shearman to advise on Santander’s £2.7bn TSB acquisition

Top UK and Spanish independent firms guide seller Sabadell as A&O Shearman counsels buyer Santander

3 Jul 2025