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Travers Smith makes up five in latest partner promotions round
Promotions see UK firm restock partner bench following run of senior departures in first quarter of 2023
Clifford Chance targets energy work with Houston launch
Magic Circle firm to add seven partners from rivals including two from Latham & Watkins to open third US office
Weil secures Houston energy partner from Simpson Thacher
Chris Bennett replenishes Texas energy ranks following departure of partner duo in Dallas
Kirkland, Latham and Skadden check in for Asda’s £2.3bn acquisition of EG petrol chain arm
Addleshaw Goddard and Allen & Overy also act in deal to create retail group with £30bn combined revenue
Skadden mandates four days in office
Policy extending to all lawyers sees Skadden join a number of Big Law rivals in mandating time in the office
Wachtell, Kirkland called in for 3D printer maker Stratasys’ $1.8bn merger with Desktop Metal
Wachtell counsels Stratasys alongside Israeli firm Meitar Law Offices as Kirkland advises longtime client Desktop Metal with help from Tel Aviv-Yafo’s Shibolet & Co
BCLP cuts 47 global business services roles
Move sees transatlantic firm join the likes of Cooley, Goodwin Procter and Dechert in laying off staff
French heavyweight Gide forms patent litigation partnership with IP specialist Regimbeau
Move comes ahead of launch of EU’s Unified Patent Court on 1 June and amid increasing complexity of national proceedings
Brodies moves into Middle East with Abu Dhabi launch
Leading Scottish firm establishes Middle East LLP and relocates partners to service energy and oil and gas clients locally
Ashurst signs up four-partner Shearman international energy team
Team move across UK and Asia comes hot on the heels of news of Shearman’s planned merger with Allen & Overy
Paul Hastings adds three-partner finance team in New York from Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Marc Lashbrook, Josh Zelig and David Barash continue run of finance hires by West Coast firm in London and New York
Van Bael & Bellis launches London international trade team with hires from Crowell & Moring, Ashurst
Brussels-based independent launches new practice amid “unprecedented growth in EU and UK sanctions and export control legislation”
Linklaters builds in Japan with corporate partner from Nishimura & Asahi
Hire of Yoshiyuki Asaoka follows magic circle firm adding Ashurst’s Tokyo M&A and Asia insurance sector lead last spring
Greenberg Traurig, Herbert Smith Freehills called in as blank-cheque firm Admiral Acquisition raises $550m ahead of IPO
Listing of tycoon Sir Martin E. Franklin’s ‘acquisition vehicle’ largest in UK in more than a year
GCs dissatisfied with law firms' flexible resourcing, technology says report
Law firms should leverage technology to improve responsiveness and help clients extract value from data, says new report from Simmons & Simmons
Top German independent Hengeler Mueller introduces salaried partner tier
Move set to help firm retain emerging talent in face of competition from international rivals
Winston & Strawn adds 11-strong transactional team in Paris from local boutique
Group including four partners joins from Hoche Avocats to bolster M&A, labour and finance offering
Lewis Brisbois names new managing partner in wake of mass employment team exodus
'Outstanding leader' Gregory Katz succeeds founder Bob Lewis, who stepped down after more than 100 lawyers left to launch new boutique
Macfarlanes ups NQ pay to £115k
Seven percent increase sees City firm remain behind most of magic circle following recent rises
Holland & Knight absorbs 28-lawyer boutique in Colombia
Group including seven partners join in Bogotá from Cuberos Cortés Gutiérrez just weeks after US firm hired 17-lawyer team in Mexico from Sánchez DeVanny