Norton Rose Fulbright is set to move 170 business services jobs to Manila, with management pledging to 'support those affected.' | 7yrs

A new guide by Herbert Smith Freehills indicates that the financial services industry in Asia Pacific is facing an increased regulatory burden across the region, as regulators enhance legislation and step up enforcement. | 7yrs

Shipping and insurance specialist Ince & Co has opened an office in Cologne with a team of four including two partners from German insurance practice Bach Langheid Dallmayr and CMS Hasche Sigle. | 7yrs

International law firm Pinsent Masons has boosted its Asia-based oil and gas capabilities with the hire of Ashley Wright and Steve Potter into its Singapore office. | 7yrs

Travers Smith has promoted six lawyers to its partnership in another sizeable round for the City thoroughbred. | 7yrs

US-based law firm Vinson & Elkins has opened an office in the Taiwanese capital, its fourth in the Asia-Pacific region and sixteenth worldwide. | 7yrs

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have won the lead roles on Pfizer's $5.2bn (£3.61bn) purchase of Anacor, shortly after the pharma giant abandoned its deal with Allergan. | 7yrs

JMW Solicitors has reported a double-digit revenue rise, with turnover increasing by 16 per cent to break the £20m barrier. | 7yrs

Linklaters has become the first magic circle firm to sign up to an artificial intelligence (AI) provider, taking on RAVN for a number of automated tasks. | 7yrs

Norway's $850bn sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, is planning legal action against Volkswagen over the automaker's emissions scandal. | 7yrs

Specialist lawyers have said that plans to extend the scope of the 'failure to prevent' criminal offence beyond bribery and tax evasion to other economic crimes could be the most significant shake-up in corporate criminal law in a century. | 7yrs

A round-up of hires in the City. | 7yrs

An investigation has found that the president of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, which saw a string of high profile defections after e-commerce giant Alibaba's admission, owns stock in the company and has ties to an Alibaba VP. | 7yrs

City of London Police is to use external law firms on fraud cases for the first time after establishing a panel of firms and investigators to advise fraud victims and assist police with asset recovery. | 7yrs

International law firm RPC has launched a management consultancy intended to help senior in-house lawyers improve their operational efficiency and personal effectiveness. | 7yrs

As government officials and world leaders meet in London for today's anti-corruption summit, a study by Hogan Lovells shows that a worrying 40 per cent of CCOs do not consider anti-bribery and corruption to be a priority for chief execs. | 7yrs

French firm Jeantet Associés has launched in Moscow with the hire of a team from Gide Loyrette Nouel, having opened in Budapest and Kiev last October. | 7yrs

In a bid to tackle international corruption, the Ministry of Justice will consult this summer on proposals to extend the scope of the 'failing to prevent' criminal offence beyond bribery and tax evasion to other economic crimes. | 7yrs

As the Panama Papers controversy continues to make headlines around the world and ahead of tomorrow's London Anti-Corruption Summit, a raft of senior law firm leaders have publicly pledged to tackle corruption. | 7yrs

DLA Piper is cutting 200 business support jobs in the UK, in a move that will see the firm automate swathes of work and shift roles to low-wage economy Poland. | 7yrs