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'I am most proud of... the idea that is Dentons': founding chair to step down

Global giant to axe chairman role following Joe Andrew's return to practice next year

8 Nov 2022

DWF enters Canada legal market through £27.7m deal to buy Vancouver law firm

Acquisition of Whitelaw Twining follows tie-ups in Portugal, Spain and Hong Kong

7 Nov 2022

DLA Piper adds Africa-focused projects partner in London from Fasken

Energy and natural resources specialist Karin Maalioun joins as latest in a string of hires in DLA Piper’s international projects practice

4 Nov 2022

Clifford Chance names new UK COO

Ex-chief of staff to former global managing partner Matthew Layton rejoins firm to lead UK operational management 

3 Nov 2022

Allen & Overy continues West Coast growth with private equity partner hire from Winston & Strawn

Joshua Birenbaum joins in Los Angeles as UK firm’s 48th US partner lateral in last two years

2 Nov 2022

Senior arbitration talent departs Matrix Chambers for 3 Verulam Buildings in London

Professor Zachary Douglas KC’s move marks second major silk exit from Matrix Chambers in the past month

2 Nov 2022

Baker McKenzie names new Asia Pacific chair

Global executive committee member and senior IP lawyer Shih Yann Loo succeeds Michael Wong

1 Nov 2022

UK’s gunnercooke debuts in US with New York office launch

Dispersed firm hires local boutique co-founder to head first base outside Europe having grown revenue 50% in 2021

1 Nov 2022

Charles Russell Speechlys set to join raft of international firms launching in Singapore

City-state's rise as global economic hub sees UK firm apply to open office serving private capital clients in H12023

31 Oct 2022

Black judges to be under-represented until 2149, says Law Society of England and Wales

‘Glacial pace’ of progress on diversity also sees women and Asian judges held back according to new analysis

27 Oct 2022

Akin Gump targets Boston launch with twin partner hire from local firm

Tax partners join from Choate Hall & Stewart as Akin Gump is latest firm to enter Boston market

26 Oct 2022

Spanish heavyweight Pérez-Llorca to open in Singapore as its targets Asia-Pacific growth

Move sees Pérez-Llorca become first Spanish firm to have a base in the city-state

25 Oct 2022

Littler bolts on Zurich boutique to enter Swiss market

LEL Lawyers founder Dr Ueli Sommer joins as a partner to lead new office; launch follows US employment giant setting up shop in Copenhagen last month

25 Oct 2022

Gibson Dunn targets Dubai growth with hire of senior corporate partner from Shearman & Sterling

Los Angeles giant says Shearman's former global co-head of corporate will help it grow its regional footprint

24 Oct 2022

Womble Bond Dickinson and UK's BDB Pitmans in merger talks

Deal would create transatlantic firm with around 1,100 fee earners and revenue of more than £500m

21 Oct 2022

Meta associate GC among five partners joining DWF

New arrivals join corporate, dispute resolution and finance and restructuring teams in UK and Saudi Arabia

20 Oct 2022

Brown Rudnick shutters Paris office after nine years

Closure leaves London as Am Law 200 firm's only international location

19 Oct 2022

Gowling adds seven-strong team from Womble Bond Dickinson for Leeds launch

Team led by partner Julia Dacre Field joins Gowling’s housing development practice

19 Oct 2022

Gide Loyrette Nouel adds seven-strong team in Paris from Shearman & Sterling

Partners Sami Toutounji and Françoise Even arrive with their team to establish employee shareholding practice

18 Oct 2022

HFW builds in Hong Kong with hire of Tanner De Witt's former head of arbitration

Arrival of Hong Kong, English and BVI-qualified ex-Slaughter and May counsel follows HFW's launch of a BVI office earlier this year

17 Oct 2022