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Mishcon de Reya enters ALSP market with acquisition of Flex Legal
UK firm hails move as “major step” in 10-year growth strategy
Sidley Austin secures private equity partner duo in New York from Akin
Akin’s US PE and M&A head David D’Urso joins alongside Elazar Guttman
Cooley adds new chief operating officer from Fried Frank
Victor Nuñez joins in New York having earlier been global CFO at Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman global co-managing partner takes six-strong M&A team to Linklaters in New York
UK firm hails 'transformational step' in US growth strategy as rainmaker George Casey joins as global co-chair of corporate alongside five more lawyers
Kirkland and Wachtell shepherd APA’s $4.5bn acquisition of oil rival Callon
M&A rankings leader Kirkland advises target Callon as energy sector consolidation continues apace
White & Case lures private equity heavyweight from Paul Weiss in New York
Taurie Zeitzer joins to co-head PE industry group having co-chaired Paul Weiss’s M&A practice
Hogan Lovells adds 28 new partners in latest promotions round
Proportion of women falls from 60% in 2022 to 43% in round that sees US once again dominate
Kirkland tops global 2023 M&A rankings ahead of Latham as dealmaking hits 10-year low
Deal value fell 17% in 2023 to $2.9trn with volume down 6% to 55,200
K&L Gates promotes 25 to partnership as Akin Gump makes up 13
Akin’s round sees women again dominate as K&L Gates’ shrinks from last year’s 40-strong cohort
Willkie adds private equity partner in Houston from Shearman & Sterling
Energy specialist Sarah McLean joins ahead of Shearman’s merger with Allen & Overy
Former FisherBroyles practice leaders take 130 lawyers for new spin-off firm
Pierson Ferdinand among largest law firm debuts in US history
White & Case secures Macfarlanes partner to head London white collar team
Neill Blundell joins having led Macfarlanes’ corporate crime and investigations practice
Kennedys adds 12-strong insurance team in Sydney from Clyde & Co
Team joins Clydes’ former Australia managing partner, Lucinda Lyons, at new firm
Simpson Thacher adds fund finance partner in London from Travers Smith
Katie McMenamin’s exit follows funds duo Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond defecting to Simpson Thacher earlier this year
Paul Weiss continues London hiring spree with Clifford Chance partner duo
CC’s London private equity head joins alongside finance specialist just a few months after Paul Weiss’s eight-partner raid on Kirkland
Ropes & Gray, Milbank and Wachtell lead on $14.9bn US Steel acquisition
Milbank and Wachtell advise US Steel as Ropes & Gray counsels Japan’s Nippon Steel on its biggest acquisistion to date
Reed Smith secures capital markets partner in London from Linklaters
Linklaters lifer Mark Drury one of three partners to leave Magic Circle firm in recent days
Standard Chartered’s GC Okoro sets up diversity taskforce with quartet of legal advisers
A&O, Eversheds Sutherland, Simmons and Sullivan will join bank in seeking ways of “improving opportunities for minority talent”
Dentons CEO Portnoy to step down after more than a decade at helm
Firm to employ consultancy to help find successor for Portnoy, whose term ends in November 2024
Sidley promotes 29 to partner in latest US-dominated round
Cohort comes close to achieving gender parity, with 14 women getting the nod