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DAC Beachroft builds litigation offering in Mexico City with boutique team hire
Twelve-strong group joins from Márquez & Castelazo in significant expansion for UK firm’s Mexico bench
Simpson Thacher secures finance and credit duo in London from Weil
Infrastructure-focused partners Paul Hibbert and Emma Serginson join as latest in series of London laterals for top 25 US firm
Paul Hastings adds international arbitration co-chair from White & Case
Arbitration heavyweight Jonathan Hamilton joins in Washington DC after 25 years at rival firm
Slaughter and May unveils latest partner promotions round
Five make the grade in round that matches firm’s long-term goal that women make up 40% of partner promotions
Herbert Smith Freehills names lawyer quartet to global ESG leadership
Firm names ESG leaders for UK, US and EMEA to support global practice head Silke Goldberg
Gibson Dunn revenue tops $3bn as PEP grows nearly 13.4%
Profit per equity partner at New York giant hits $5.58m in 2023 in 27th consecutive year of profit growth
Freshfields, Goodwin lead on AstraZeneca’s $2bn acquisition of Fusion Pharma
Deal second this month to see Freshfields advise acquisitive AstraZeneca
Next 100 Years launches campaign to raise £100k for undergraduate scholarship fund
Project aims to offer 30 students researching women’s legal history grants, mentorship and placements in UK law firms
Kirkland’s revenue tops $7bn as PEP nears $8m
Chicago giant becomes first law firm to smash turnover milestone as PEP grows 6%
Withers forms alliance with Indonesian boutique
Association with 17-lawyer Karna Partnership sees UK firm bolster offering in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy
Kinstellar marks Southeast Asia launch with 21-lawyer ‘sister’ firm
European powerhouse joins forces with Vietnamese outfit Asia Counsel
McDermott adds seven-lawyer litigation team from Orrick as it eyes white-collar growth
Group joins in New York and DC alongside former SDNY prosecutor Sagar Ravi as McDermott anticipates uptick in FCPA work
Bowmans overhauls management board as it eyes pan-Africa growth
Big Five firm appoints Africa-wide department heads as Alan Keep reappointed as managing partner
Cooley pushes revenue to $2.03bn as lawyer ranks decrease
Tech-focused firm sees PEP grow 8.2% following almost 20% decline in 2022
Orrick adds top litigator from Akin as slew of firms mark DC hires
DOJ veteran Esther Lander joins tech-focused firm as Goodwin, Steptoe, Willkie and Weil also add DC partners
White & Case revenue nears $3bn as PEP jumps 12.7%
Top 10 US firm reverses 2022’s revenue and profit falls despite subdued global M&A market
Kirkland secures London capital markets partner from Allen & Overy
Marwa Elborai jumps to Chicago giant having joined A&O in 2022 from merger partner Shearman
Kirkland, Latham shepherd EQT’s $35bn Equitrans gas merger
Last year’s top M&A firms lead as flurry of US oil and gas dealmaking continues
Skadden adds funds trio in London from Debevoise
Delphine Jaugey joins as head of secondaries for Europe alongside pair of associates
Weil adds SEC veteran to private funds practice in Washington DC
Christopher Mulligan joins after more than a decade at the agency amid a string of lateral partner hires in the US capital