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Axiom Ince feared on brink of closure as fate of trainees and support staff uncertain

Ince & Co website unavailable and most phone lines down, while City of London Law Society says it will support impacted trainees

29 Sep 2023

Quinn Emanuel secures King & Wood Mallesons partner duo for UAE launch

Litigation giant hires KWM Dubai office head plus another partner to set up shop in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

25 Sep 2023

Irwin Mitchell acquires leading family law boutique

UK firm absorbs North East-based Silk Family Law just a few weeks after snapping up 95-strong Scottish firm

22 Sep 2023

Addleshaw Goddard begins search for successor as managing partner opts to step down early

John Joyce to stand down next April a year before end of third term

21 Sep 2023

Macfarlanes announces partnership with HarveyAI

UK law firm joins Allen & Overy and PwC in rolling out tool designed for legal work backed by OpenAI Startup Fund

21 Sep 2023

Arnold & Porter adds senior Foley Hoag partner for Boston debut

Hemmie Chang joins to lead new life sciences-focused office

20 Sep 2023

Wachtell, Morgan Lewis latest to benefit from Big Food consolidation as JM Smucker snaps up Hostess Brands

Deal valued at $5.6bn to buy Twinkie owner follows acquisitions by Campbell Soup and Mars

19 Sep 2023

Litigation Capital Management hails ‘transformational’ year as realised income hits A$181m

Sydney-based litigation funder sees move into third-party asset management business pay off

19 Sep 2023

Squire Patton Boggs adds senior corporate partner in Dubai from Baker McKenzie

Omar Momany joins having led Bakers’ UAE corporate/M&A practice

18 Sep 2023

Winston & Strawn names new chairman after almost two decades

Global litigation co-chair Steve D’Amore to succeed veteran chair Tom Fitzgerald in June 2024

15 Sep 2023

Irwin Mitchell names new group chief executive officer

COO Craig Marshall takes the helm following death of former CEO Andrew Tucker last month

14 Sep 2023

Hogan Lovells adds corporate infrastructure and energy team in Berlin from Dentons

M&A specialists Dr Thomas Dörmer and Dr Tim Heitling join alongside team of counsel and associates

11 Sep 2023

Arnold & Porter adds five-partner product liability team in Houston and DC

Veteran litigators join amid uptick in federal and state regulatory scrutiny facing product manufacturers

8 Sep 2023

Irwin Mitchell merges with Scotland’s Wright Johnston & Mackenzie

Second Scottish merger this week hands national UK firm £12m practice with network of five offices

7 Sep 2023

Top London media law boutique to launch PR agency

Schillings teams up with two respected PR industry figures to help clients manage ‘high stakes’ opportunities and threats

7 Sep 2023

Morton Fraser and MacRoberts unveil merger deal to challenge Scotland’s top tier

Merger partners herald ‘big four of independent firms’ with deal to create 250-lawyer practice with £46m turnover

6 Sep 2023

Squire continues European private equity push with Amsterdam debut

US firm adds partners from Van Doorne and Taylor Wessing for 16th European location

6 Sep 2023

DAC Beachcroft forms association with Ince & Co’s former Singapore ally

Incisive Law cut ties with embattled UK law firm Ince ahead of latter calling in administrators in April

5 Sep 2023

Pérez-Llorca prepares Lisbon launch as international expansion continues

Leading Spanish firm follows up recent office openings in Brussels and Singapore with planned Lisbon launch next year

5 Sep 2023

Macfarlanes secures funds specialist from Sidley Austin in London

Arrival of Peter Chapman as a partner follows appointment of Stephen Ross as funds head in January

4 Sep 2023