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Top Portuguese M&A lawyer opens up over strategy dispute as he quits CS Associados for Vieira de Almeida

Francisco Sá Carneiro leaves the firm he helped found 12 years ago as it heralds 'a new cycle and generational transition'

3 Feb 2022

Former UK fraud prosecution head joins New York boutique's London office

Sir David Green's new role follows three-year stint as a consultant at Slaughter and May

1 Feb 2022

Listed UK firm Knights acquires York independent Langleys for £11.5m

Legal and professional services firm gains 72 fee earners and private wealth strength

31 Jan 2022

Mishcon de Reya postpones IPO amid market volatility

Top 40 UK firm won't list on the London Stock Exchange until market conditions improve

28 Jan 2022

Partner and three associates leave Withers to launch Hong Kong family law boutique

Rita Ku departs after more than a decade; Withers mentor Sharon Ser will join her later this year

28 Jan 2022

Veteran Orrick partner leaves Big Law to go in-house at clean energy client

John Cook departs US firm after more than 25 years to be CLO at Intersect Power

27 Jan 2022

Quinn Emanuel signs up Saudi litigator to open Riyadh office

Nasser Alrubayyi joins US firm as a partner; sets up associated firm to operate as local ally

26 Jan 2022

Milbank builds M&A offering in South Korea with addition of quartet from Dechert

Hong Kong office head moves over to lead effort in Seoul along with a special counsel and two associates

25 Jan 2022

Canadian cannabis biopharma player adds CLO from Suboxone maker

Stephen Kim brings experience in-house at Bayer and Indivior to Avicanna

19 Jan 2022

Mishcon’s Hong Kong ally hires five-strong disputes team from leading independent firm

Disputes boutique Karas strengthened as Mishcon presses on with strategy of growing Asia private client capability

17 Jan 2022

Linklaters secures Morgan Lewis partner to launch Singapore funds practice

Addition of Joel Seow follows double partner hire in Hong Kong last month

17 Jan 2022

Goodwin Procter partner joins Californian legaltech startup as first GC

Sean Greaney advises growth companies across the life cycle and brings in-house experience at Beats by Dre

13 Jan 2022

Shoosmiths hires EY Law's EU competition leader to launch Brussels office

National UK outfit is latest firm to set up shop in Brussels in Brexit's aftermath

10 Jan 2022

Disney adds Spotify’s top lawyer as general counsel and secretary

Horacio Gutierrez to join the entertainment giant in February, succeeding longtime GC Alan Braverman

7 Jan 2022

Cooley adds capital markets partner in Singapore from Goldman Sachs

Tim Pitrelli joins from role as executive director and senior counsel in Goldman’s investment banking division

6 Jan 2022

Ex-Labaton Sucharow quintet launch firm for SEC whistleblowers

Team made up of SEC alumni and led by whistleblower practice head Jordan Thomas take clients to found new firm

5 Jan 2022

Orrick builds antitrust offering with DC partner hires

Eileen Cole and Craig Falls join tech-focused firm from White & Case and Dechert

4 Jan 2022

Former Zurich Insurance Group general counsel duo launch platform to measure law firm ESG performance

New offering also enables law firms to measure their own progress and includes firm-client matching features

22 Dec 2021

Jones Day makes up 48 to partner in another bumper round

Latest promotions follow on from last December’s 50-strong crop

20 Dec 2021

Telecoms giant Veon adds Beeline Russia’s VP for legal as GC

Victor Biryukov to relocate from Moscow to Amsterdam to succeed veteran GC Scott Dresser 1 January

20 Dec 2021