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Sidley adds five-partner finance team from Clifford Chance in New York and DC

Lee Askenazi, who co-led Clifford Chance’s financial markets team, joins with four more partners

9 Jul 2026

Japan’s Nagashima Ohno to launch Silicon Valley office

Big Four firm adds second US office after New York in response to growing demand for legal advice on Japan-US transactions and investment

9 Jul 2026

Bird & Bird reports 4% revenue increase as PEP dips

UK-founded firm cites challenging market conditions as topline hits €702m and PEP drops 1.5% to €819k

8 Jul 2026

Charles Russell Speechlys marks US debut with six-partner raid on Withers

London firm hails ‘defining moment’ as it opens private client-focused offices in New York and New Haven

8 Jul 2026

Kirkland, Paul Weiss, MoFo guide latest blockbuster pharma merger

Kirkland advises Vertex in $10bn acquisition of Paul Weiss- and Morrison & Foerster-repped Crinetics

7 Jul 2026

Paul Hastings adds Cahill’s private credit co-leader in New York

Peter Williams’ hire follows Paul Hastings boosting private credit group earlier this year with hires from Cadwalader and Haynes Boone

7 Jul 2026

Katten adds DLA Piper capital markets co-chair for Miami launch

Josh Kaufman joins as managing partner of new office and lead partner of Katten’s public company advisory practice

6 Jul 2026

Freshfields, HSF Kramer lead on Sky’s £1.6bn acquisition of ITV’s media and entertainment arm

Freshfields advises ITV as HSF Kramer acts for Sky in deal set to reshape British TV landscape

6 Jul 2026

Sullivan & Cromwell launches German litigation practice with Hengeler partner duo

Commercial disputes lawyers Philipp Hanfland and Maximilian Bülau join in Frankfurt as practice co-heads

3 Jul 2026

Kirkland tops global M&A rankings after strongest first half for dealmaking since records began

Chicago-founded giant comfortably ahead of Skadden and Sullivan & Cromwell in second and third spot respectively

3 Jul 2026

Macfarlanes ups NQ salary to £150k, matches Magic Circle

Leading City independent ups NQ salary from £140k alongside pay bumps for trainees that sees it exceed the Magic Circle

2 Jul 2026

Eversheds Sutherland adds Paris funds team from Willkie Farr

Partner Tiana Rambatomanga joins at head of three-strong team to launch UK-headquartered firm’s Paris fund structuring practice

2 Jul 2026

Sidley hits Clifford Chance for top restructuring duo in London

Clifford Chance’s global restructuring co-head Philip Hertz and London restructuring lead Melissa Coakley join Sidley as US firm continues City hiring spree

2 Jul 2026

Simmons posts 12% revenue jump to £690m as PEP grows 11%

Latest results continue long-term growth trend, with profits increasing 43% in five years

1 Jul 2026

Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader cement $3.9bn merger

Combination touted as the ‘largest law firm merger in history’ goes live today

1 Jul 2026

Addleshaw Goddard posts double-digit revenue growth as PEP hits £1.1m

Turnover rises 17% to £644m as firm continues Europe and Middle East expansion

30 Jun 2026

Cravath, Latham guide Martin Marietta’s $13.5bn Lhoist North America merger

French firm Bredin Prat also helps steer latest in string of deals in the US ​building-products industry

30 Jun 2026

Shoosmiths tops £1m PEP for second consecutive year as turnover inches up

UK firm cites investment in technology and high-value work across corporate, litigation and real estate as turnover exceeds £221m

29 Jun 2026

Ashurst, Perkins Coie complete $2.8bn transatlantic merger

Ashurst Perkins Coie launches with more than 950 partners across 52 global offices

29 Jun 2026

Davis Polk hires Hogan Lovells M&A chief ahead of merger

Longtime Hogan dealmaker Bill Curtin joins in Washington DC just days before his former firm combines with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

26 Jun 2026