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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
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
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
Clifford Chance names new UK COO
Ex-chief of staff to former global managing partner Matthew Layton rejoins firm to lead UK operational management
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
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
Baker McKenzie names new Asia Pacific chair
Global executive committee member and senior IP lawyer Shih Yann Loo succeeds Michael Wong
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Meta associate GC among five partners joining DWF
New arrivals join corporate, dispute resolution and finance and restructuring teams in UK and Saudi Arabia
Brown Rudnick shutters Paris office after nine years
Closure leaves London as Am Law 200 firm's only international location
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
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
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