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Jones Day signs up former lord chancellor Alex Chalk as a partner in London

Chalk follows footsteps of ex-lord chancellor Lord Falconer and former attorney general Lord Goldsmith in joining a top US law firm

17 Jan 2025

Milbank makes up 17 in latest partner promotions round

New York stalwart promotes heavily in hometown and across alternative investments and energy

16 Jan 2025

CMS rings in second redundancy round in 18 months

Firm to cut 15 roles in its real estate transactions practice, according to reports

16 Jan 2025

Sidley recruits M&A partners in New York from Jones Day, Simpson Thacher

David Grubman joins from Jones Day to co-lead Sidley’s global M&A practice as Adam Cromie moves over from Simpson Thacher

15 Jan 2025

RPC names successor to managing partner Miller

Litigator Antony Sassi to take helm in May following James Miller’s eight years in the role

15 Jan 2025

Clifford Chance taps Skadden for private capital heavyweight Embley in London

Bruce Embley co-headed Freshfields’ global M&A practice before joining Skadden in 2020

14 Jan 2025

Cravath, Davis Polk advise on Johnson & Johnson’s $14.6bn Intra-Cellular acquisition

Cravath advises longtime client J&J as it boosts key neurological drugs division

14 Jan 2025

Quinn Emanuel pushes London revenue past £200m

Turnover hits £220.1m in 2024 as profit dips slightly following 60% leap in 2023

13 Jan 2025

Jenner launches London public law practice with senior Baker McKenzie hire

Joanna Ludlam joins having co-led Bakers’ global investigations practice

13 Jan 2025

Kirkland, Latham, White & Case shepherd Constellation Energy’s $26.6bn Calpine acquisition

Deal will create largest low-emission energy supplier in the US

13 Jan 2025

Skadden debuts in Middle East with senior Freshfields hire

New York firm taps corporate heavyweight Michael Hilton to lead Abu Dhabi launch

9 Jan 2025

MoFo recruits senior private equity M&A partner in Singapore from Gibson Dunn

Scott Jalowayski replenishes MoFo’s Asia corporate bench following defections to CMS and Baker McKenzie

9 Jan 2025

Morrison Foerster debuts in Amsterdam

US firm's fourth European office to offer privacy and data security services to tech and life sciences clients

8 Jan 2025

Kirkland tops global 2024 M&A rankings ahead of Skadden

Deal value jumps 10% in 2024 to $3.2trn with volume down 14% to 50,200

6 Jan 2025

Morgan Lewis to absorb 54-lawyer Kramer Levin Paris team

Split comes ahead of Kramer Levin’s planned merger with Herbert Smith Freehills

20 Dec 2024

Skadden, Goodwin, Davis Polk act as Novo closes $16.5bn Catalent deal

Jones Day, Linklaters and Arnold & Porter also called in for the largest healthcare buyout of 2024

20 Dec 2024

Jones Day promotes 37 to partner in latest US-dominated round

Corporate and litigation dominate cohort that follows larger rounds in previous two years

19 Dec 2024

Simpson Thacher hits Sidley for leveraged finance partner duo in London

US firm also recruited a leveraged finance partner from Linklaters last month

18 Dec 2024

Sidley Austin unveils eighth partner raid on Latham in London this year

Latham’s London finance co-chair Tania Bedi latest to swell Sidley’s ranks

18 Dec 2024

Kennedys elects successor to longstanding senior partner Thomas

John Bruce takes the helm at UK insurance specialist following Nick Thomas’s 27 year-tenure

18 Dec 2024