Dentons has promoted three to partner in the UK, Middle East and Africa (UKMEA) in its global promotions round, while turnover in the region is up by 6.4 percent from £147.6m to £157m in 2014/15. | 9yrs

A new report reveals the emergence of a two-tier hierarchy of legal cities outside of London, with Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester at the top of the pile. | 9yrs

Ashurst is using a headhunter to find external non-lawyers to be considered for the role of global managing partner. | 9yrs

Reed Brodsky of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has been tapped to represent Kaye Scholer partner Evan Greebel, who was indicted in December alongside former Retrophin CEO Martin Shkreli. | 9yrs

With its roster set to expire this summer, Barclays has launched a global review of its legal panel. | 9yrs

The Law Council of Australia has announced its support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement, suggesting it would bring a number of advantages for the Australian legal industry. | 9yrs

Global law firm Paul Hastings is launching an interdisciplinary practice group of several dozen lawyers from its offices around the globe to focus on the expanding legal issues connected to the 'Internet of Things.' | 9yrs

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been accused of being 'dishonest' by a whistleblower before MPs last week in relation to its role as adviser to ScottishPower, which is embroiled in a £75m 'cashback guarantee' scandal. | 9yrs

The latest episode in a legal battle over Led Zeppelin's anthem 'Stairway to Heaven' has seen the surviving members of the band deposed and a request for more time to investigate its finances. | 9yrs

A report published today by the Centre for Policy Studies argues that the hourly rates charged by top London corporate law firms are so high that they risk restricting access to justice. | 9yrs

White & Case has announced it has entered into a new association in Saudi Arabia with Zeyad AlSalloum and Yazeed AlToaimi. | 9yrs

Further details have emerged about the London-based firm Blavo & Co Solicitors, which was shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority last October after the Legal Aid Agency referred concerns about the firm to the Metropolitan Police. | 9yrs

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Davis Polk & Wardwell are among the firms to have won key advisory roles on China National Chemical Corporation's (ChemChina) $43bn acquisition of Syngenta, the largest foreign takeover by a Chinese firm to date. | 9yrs

Former executive Martin Shkreli yesterday replaced his legal team with a New York lawyer whose past clients have included former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and rapper Jay-Z. | 9yrs

In a bid to increase profitability, DLA Piper international partners have approved an overhaul of the firm's partner remuneration structure, introducing a points system based on performance. | 9yrs

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined five individuals and two firms a total of £15.5m for their role in unauthorised solicitors' professional indemnity insurance schemes. | 9yrs

Credit Suisse and Barclays have agreed to pay a total of $154.3m to settle federal and state charges that they misled investors in their dark pools, officials said on Sunday. | 9yrs

In a bid to fix its financial health, personal injury law firm Slater and Gordon has brought in management consultants FTI Consulting to discuss restructuring its debt. | 9yrs

Facebook is attempting to take its fraud suit against DLA Piper, Milberg, and Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman to New York's highest court, after a mid-level appeals panel rejected the suit last December. | 9yrs

Megafirm Dentons has added a team of lawyers to its financial markets and commercial disputes group from Matthew Arnold & Baldwin in Watford. | 9yrs