Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has doubled the size of its disputes team in Germany with the hire of two partners and seven lawyers from litigation boutique Acker Görling & Schmalz (AGS Legal). | 9yrs

London-only firm Macfarlanes has promoted six to the partnership across its tax, real estate, corporate and disputes practices. | 9yrs

A survey of law firms by Bloomberg Law and the Legal Marketing Association shows an increased focus on marketing and business development. | 9yrs

Four Baker & McKenzie partners have thrown their hats in the ring to replace global chair Eduardo Leite when he steps down later this year. | 9yrs

The headquarters of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca have been raided by police following a leak of more than 11 million documents that showed how wealthy people, including politicians and world leaders, used the firm to evade tax. | 9yrs

International law firm Reed Smith is in talks to combine with the smaller Pepper Hamilton of Philadelphia. | 9yrs

Gateley, the first law firm to list in its own right on the London Stock Exchange, has made its first acquisition since becoming a PLC. | 9yrs

Allen & Overy has made up six in London in a reduced promotions round of 21, with almost half of those made up coming from the firm's banking team. | 9yrs

Maritime and insurance specialist Ince & Co has launched Ince Consultancy - an independent consultancy firm associated with the law firm's international network. | 9yrs

An established London law firm has been left exposed after leaked Mossack Fonseca documents revealed it claimed - wrongly - that two of its clients were not 'Politically Exposed Persons' (PEPs). | 9yrs

Mayer Brown is piloting agile working in its construction practice, with management set to report on the results to the partnership in July. | 9yrs

A law school in Virginia that was to be renamed in honour of late Supreme Court judge Antonin Scalia has adapted the name after the acronym became an object of derision on social media. | 9yrs

Three international firms have added to their capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region with new partners in Singapore and Hong Kong. | 9yrs

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to launch its second legal services centre at the end of the year, with the likely location being Vancouver. | 9yrs

Experts have warned that law firms need to 'up their game' on data security after millions of documents were leaked from Panama offshore firm Mossack Fonseca. | 9yrs

Ramon Fonseca, the head of the Panama-based law firm at the centre of the massive leak of offshore financial data, has denied any wrongdoing and claims his firm has fallen victim to 'an international campaign against privacy.' | 9yrs

The Asia-Pac private equity market weathered falling oil prices, slowing global economic expansion and fluctuating currency to post one of its strongest years on record for 2015, including the highest year ever in terms of deal and count. | 9yrs

A government-engineered surge in the number of lawyers in the last 15 years has not created a good marketplace for law firms, says The Wall Street Journal. | 9yrs

Pinsent Masons has promoted 18 lawyers to its partnership, though the overall number is a significant drop from last year's record number of 29. | 9yrs

According to a new report, three key barriers discourage people from using legal services: inaccessible language and communications, lack of trust and failure to cater for the needs of vulnerable consumers. | 9yrs