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Texan firm to open in London through boutique merger

Texas headquartered law firm Haynes and Boone has announced a merger with London shipping and oil & gas boutique Curtis Davis Garrard, its first European office.

1 Jul 2016

Dentons to launch 50-state lobbying network

Dentons is capitalising on its extensive US lobbying practice and launching an initiative, Dentons 50, to offer on-the-ground lobbying services to clients in all 50 states.

1 Jul 2016

DLA Piper boosts Swedish presence

Continuing its Nordic expansion, DLA Piper has confirmed a merger with Swedish law firm Grönberg Advokatbyrå.

30 Jun 2016

RHTLaw Taylor Wessing merges with Vietnamese ally

In a move intended to strengthen its regional cross-border practice, Taylor Wessing's Singapore member firm has moved to fully integrate with its Vietnamese strategic ally.

30 Jun 2016

KWM makes up 12 in Australia to complete global round

King & Wood Mallesons has announced the promotion of 12 lawyers to partner in Australia with effect from 1 July, completing the firm's 2016 global round.

30 Jun 2016

The good and bad of Brexit for lawyers

The falling British pound could complicate matters as law firms and their clients wait out the legal and regulatory uncertainty of the UK's vote to leave the EU.

29 Jun 2016

Report shows market share of unregulated providers

The Legal Services Board has found that the size of the for profit unregulated sector is smaller than previously thought.

29 Jun 2016

Kirby Noonan Lance & Hoge to separate

After 40 years, San Diego-based law firm Kirby Noonan Lance & Hoge will separate into multiple firms: Kirby & Kirby LLP, Noonan Lance Boyer & Banach LLP, Hoge Law Firm, The Law Office...

29 Jun 2016

White & Case to open in Cairo

White & Case is to open an office in Cairo after announcing an association with new Egyptian law firm MHR & Partners.

29 Jun 2016

Barclays finalises global roster after review

Firms including Ashurst, Bond Dickinson, Clifford Chance, DWF, Eversheds, Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown, Reed Smith and Simmons & Simmons have won places on banking giant Barclays' reduced legal...

28 Jun 2016

More shadow ministers resign after Brexit vote

Sir Keir Starmer QC and Andy Slaughter have become the latest in a wave of shadow ministers to resign in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU.

28 Jun 2016

Led Zeppelin win in “Stairway to Heaven” trial

Led Zeppelin members Robert Plant and Jimmy Page have won a copyright lawsuit that claimed they plagiarised the music in their 1971 anthem “Stairway to Heaven."

28 Jun 2016

Labour's shadow justice leaders resign amid Brexit fallout

Members of Labour's shadow justice team are among the wave of shadow cabinet ministers who have resigned in protest against Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the wake of the UK's vote to leave...

27 Jun 2016

Ashurst pulls out of Rome

In its second European closure this month, Ashurst has announced it is shutting its Rome office after five years.

27 Jun 2016

Baker & McKenzie makes up 85 worldwide

Baker & McKenzie has made up 85 lawyers in this year's global round, with a focus on building its M&A, disputes and tax offering.

27 Jun 2016

RPC hits £100m turnover mark

RPC has seen turnover hit £100m for the first time after its top line grew by 6 per cent, from £94m to 2014/15 to £100.5m in the last financial year.

27 Jun 2016

London law firms could cut back on EU trainees in wake of Brexit vote

Brexit could have a serious impact on City of London law firms' approach to hiring trainee solicitors, as European Union graduates from outside the UK face being frozen out of the job market.

27 Jun 2016

UK's future in ECHR in doubt

Legal experts have expressed doubts about the future of Britain's commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights following the following the UK's vote to leave the EU.

27 Jun 2016

Law firms mull pay freezes

In the wake of UK's decision to leave the EU, law firms are considering whether to cancel planned pay rises.

27 Jun 2016

Lawyer-on-lawyer complaints rise a third in five years

New figures show that reports of misconduct against solicitors by fellow legal professionals have jumped a third in five years to over 2,500.

17 Jun 2016