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Milbank makes up eight in reduced partner promotions round

New York stalwart promotes heavily in hometown and across finance and energy and infrastructure

8 Jan 2026

WilmerHale adds ex-UnitedHealth legal chief in London

Rupert Bondy to co-chair US firm’s crisis management group

8 Jan 2026

‘So many common threads’ - the architects of the $1.75bn Winston Taylor merger on the rationale for their deal

Winston & Strawn’s Stephen D’Amore and Taylor Wessing UK’s Shane Gleghorn explain why they have pinned their firms’ destinies together

23 Dec 2025

Baker Botts, DLA Piper advise on Trump Media’s $6bn nuclear fusion deal

DLA Piper advises firm behind Truth Social platform in merger with Baker Botts-repped TAE Technologies

19 Dec 2025

Gibson Dunn promotes 42 to partner including 11 in London in record round

Global chair Barbara Becker is set to travel to London for an extended stay early next year

18 Dec 2025

Norton Rose Fulbright UK unveils social mobility targets and enhanced D&I policies

Longer parental leave and religious leave swap among measures as UK LLP reaffirms commitment to D&I

17 Dec 2025

Winston & Strawn, Taylor Wessing UK announce transatlantic merger

Tie-up to create firm with 1,400 lawyers and revenue in the region of $1.6bn

15 Dec 2025

Pérez-Llorca promotes 12 to partner, names new London chief

Corporate-focused round sees promotions across Spain, Mexico and Colombia as corporate partner José Luis Romeu named successor to longtime London head Álvaro Ramírez de Haro

15 Dec 2025

Winston & Strawn in merger talks with Taylor Wessing UK

Possible tie-up could see Taylor Wessing’s UK arm leave firm’s European Verein to create firm with revenue of $1.6bn

12 Dec 2025

Transatlantic boutique dishes out ‘Cravath scale’-topping associate bonuses

Pallas Partners is awarding a maximum possible payout of $232k to associates and counsel on both sides of the Atlantic

11 Dec 2025

Fifty-one partners appointed in Norton Rose Fulbright’s class of 2026

Number of promotions decreases from 56 last year, though proportion of women grows to 51%

11 Dec 2025

Dentons rekindles Dacheng relationship with Hong Kong association

Move follows two firms severing formal ties in 2023 over concerns about Chinese regulations

10 Dec 2025

Latham hires four-partner private equity team from Freshfields in Germany

Defecting team includes Freshfields’ former continental Europe managing partner, Markus Paul

10 Dec 2025

Cravath, Latham, guide Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros

Cahill and Cleary also score roles advising in bid intended to beat out rival Netflix

9 Dec 2025

Kirkland continues litigation hiring spree with Orrick mass tort chiefs

Meghan Kelly and Bill Oxley latest of more than 150 hires into Chicago giant’s litigation practice this year

8 Dec 2025

Skadden, Wachtell, Debevoise in for Netflix’s $82bn Warner Bros deal

Skadden acts for Netflix in blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros’ TV, film studios and streaming division, with Wachtell and Debevoise across the table

5 Dec 2025

Skadden, Freshfields advise on offshore leader Walkers’ PE investment

Skadden acts for Walkers as Freshfields guides PE firm Vitruvian Partners on co-investment in Walkers’ corporate services arm

4 Dec 2025

Kirkland & Ellis hits Weil in London for competition duo

Hires follow longtime Kirkland antitrust partner Sally Evans exiting for Paul Hastings in London last month

4 Dec 2025

Eversheds Sutherland marks first senior hires in Ireland since integration

Pinsent Masons’ Dublin head of tax and Ogier managing associate sign up with recently relaunched practice

3 Dec 2025

Paul Weiss adds Sidley finance partner trio in New York

Sidley’s leveraged finance co-head Nicholas Schwartz among those moving over

3 Dec 2025