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Rajah & Tann litigation partners exit to launch Singapore boutique

Danny Ong and Wern-Jhien Yam leave Singapore Big Four firm to open shop focused on dispute resolution, financial crime and insolvency

3 Apr 2023

Linklaters secures leveraged finance partner in London from Shearman & Sterling

International departures from Shearman mount as Rahul Chatterji heads to magic circle rival

31 Mar 2023

Latham & Watkins secures antitrust partner in London from Linklaters

Leading merger control practitioner Simon Pritchard joins US firm after 10 years at magic circle rival

30 Mar 2023

Shoosmiths and Eversheds Sutherland lead on Next’s acquisition of struggling lifestyle brand Cath Kidston

Shoosmiths team advises administrators PwC as Eversheds acts for Next

29 Mar 2023

Holland & Knight beams up K&L Gates tech policy team in space exploration push

DC-based partners Daniel Ritter and Paul Stimers bring emerging tech and space expertise alongside senior policy advisor Dennis Potter

29 Mar 2023

Pinsent Masons hires Volterra Fietta partner in London to co-head investor-state arbitration team

Energy and financial markets specialist Graham Coop joins to lead team alongside recent arrival Sylvia Tonova

28 Mar 2023

Professional vandalism or conscientious objection: UK lawyers' eco-declaration sparks national debate over 'cab-rank' rule

Barristers' pledge not to take instructions relating to fossil fuel projects criticised by Bar Council head and could lead to disciplinary action

28 Mar 2023

Cleary secures Linklaters private equity partner to continue run of senior London lateral hires

Edward Aldred joins New York firm as fifth London partner lateral in last four months

24 Mar 2023

Linklaters hires partner from Saudi firm for Riyadh office launch

Magic Circle UK firm secures third Middle East base and ends alliance as new licensing regime continues to shake up Saudi legal market

24 Mar 2023

Brown Rudnick and Mishcon de Reya elected to board of network helping police cryptoassets

Pennington Manches Cooper and blockchain analytics platform Chainalysis also join Crypto Fund and Asset Recovery network’s board

23 Mar 2023

Ten make the cut in Slaughter and May partner promotions round

Latest cohort in line with firm’s long-term goal that women make up 40% of partner promotions

22 Mar 2023

Dechert secures Travers Smith PE funds partner in London

Sam Kay exit sees top UK independent Travers lose another partner following series of defections for US and UK rivals

22 Mar 2023

Mintz Levin adds partners from Torys, Dentons, Wilson Sonsini for Canada debut

Boston-based firm adds expertise across life sciences, private equity, capital markets, employment and IP for new base in Toronto

21 Mar 2023

Cleary Gottlieb, Sullivan & Cromwell and Freshfields among firms called in for UBS’ landmark Credit Suisse rescue

Deal to shore up banking system also sees Quinn Emanuel assemble team of lawyers to advise disgruntled bondholders

20 Mar 2023

‘A giant of the antitrust bar’: Boies Schiller Flexner mourns passing of founding partner Donald Flexner

Flexner passed away last Sunday aged 81 following a long illness

16 Mar 2023

Gowling WLG adds Taylor Wessing partner quartet for Frankfurt launch as it targets Europe growth

Anglo-Canadian firm secures capital markets, M&A, PE and real estate partners to launch third German office

15 Mar 2023

Greenberg Traurig debuts in Saudi Arabia with former Squire Patton Boggs ally

US firm announces affiliation with Khalid Al-Thebity Law Firm ahead of launching joint venture in the Kingdom

14 Mar 2023

Dentons bolsters Asean footprint with Philippines tie-up

Combination with local ally PJS Law will hand global giant seventh office in the region

14 Mar 2023

Wachtell and Sullivan & Cromwell called in for Pfizer’s blockbuster $43bn Seagen acquisition

Wachtell advises longtime client Pfizer as M&A chart topper Sullivan acts for cancer drug-maker Seagen

13 Mar 2023

Ince senior partner jumps ship to join marine insurer Gard

Listed UK law firm to phase out role following Julian Clark’s departure

10 Mar 2023