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Linklaters, Slaughters lead on Mondi’s £5bn DS Smith bid
Linklaters acts for Mondi in deal to create £10bn packaging giant as global M&A surges after 2023’s slump
‘You must not turn a blind eye to wrongdoing’ – SRA consults on new guidance for in-house lawyers
England and Wales solicitors’ regulator cites example of Post Office scandal in call for feedback on resources covering areas including reporting wrongdoing by an employer
The UK law firm with higher median pay for women
Wright Hassall reduces pay gap in four years from more than 40% to -22%
Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May lead on Nationwide’s proposed £2.9bn Virgin Money bid
Slaughters advises Nationwide on deal to create UK’s second-largest savings and mortgage provider as CC reps Virgin Money
Former DPP reported by Whitehall appointments watchdog over King & Spalding role
Max Hill rejects accusation he ‘blatantly’ disregarded vetting process before taking consultancy role at US firm
Greenberg Traurig adds King & Wood Mallesons partner to co-head Singapore office
Jake Robson adds M&A expertise to office launched last year with energy and infrastructure team
DLA Piper appoints Labour peer Lord Blunkett to global government affairs team
Labour politician joins to advise on public policy as firm cites aim to appoint advisors from across the political spectrum
London partner moves for January, February second highest on record
Promise of resugence in private equity-led dealmaking fuels red hot recruitment market, according to research by Edwards Gibson
Freshfields continues US hiring drive with addition of two Latham private capital partners
Duo join in New York as global co-head of private capital and head of US private capital respectively
Fenwick Elliott forms construction and energy law alliance in Latin America
London-headquartered firm partners with Chile’s 20-lawyer Molina Ríos as regional construction market forecast to reach $840bn by 2029
Leadership announced for A&O Shearman
Allen & Overy interim managing partner Khalid Garousha named senior partner of soon-to-be firm
Greenberg Traurig sets revenue record for 10th straight year as turnover hits $2.3bn
US firm grows revenue 6% and promotes 38 to shareholder, with women making up just over a third of the cohort
DLA Piper signs up Pinsent Masons’ London office head
Andrew Sackey joins DLA Piper’s corporate crime and investigations team
Norton Rose Fulbright adds Orrick public finance duo in New York
Alison Radecki joins as UK firm’s third NY partner lateral this year alongside senior counsel Helen Pennock
DLA Piper adds trio of energy partners in London
Trio from Paul Hastings and Brown Rudnick bring M&A, finance and private equity transactions expertise
Pinsent Masons launches emissions advice programme for SME suppliers
Scheme run in association with social enterprise Heart of the City intended to help suppliers achieve net-zero targets
Fox Rothschild adds transactions team to open third Florida office in Sarasota
Partner Robert Stroud joins from Florida firm Blalock Walters alongside counsel and an associate
Blank Rome adds four-lawyer white collar team from Akerman
Bradley Henry joins in DC as practice vice chair as another partner, a counsel and foreign associate come aboard in New York
Winston names new leadership for litigation and transactions
Co-chairs to take up roles alongside incoming chair Steve D’Amore and other new leaders in June
DLA Piper names new international managing partner
Charles Severs to succeed veteran managing partner Simon Levine at the start of next year