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Hogan Lovells recruits Eversheds’ Saudi M&A head amid deals surge

Walid Salib joins as Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds help push deal volumes past $3trn in first three quarters

2 Dec 2025

DWF debuts in Hamburg with 11-lawyer team

Transport and marine group joins from German boutiques as DWF points to planned further growth of global marine offering

1 Dec 2025

DAC Beachcroft appoints new senior partner

Bristol location head Ben Daniels to succeed longtime leader Virginia Clegg next year

1 Dec 2025

UK insurance lawyers group FOIL elects Browne Jacobson partner as next president

Bridget Tatham to lead Forum of Insurance Lawyers for 2026, succeeding Keoghs partner Howard Dean

28 Nov 2025

Gibson Dunn hits A&O Shearman for London disputes partner

Employment specialist Robbie Sinclair joins as US firm focuses on building City disputes bench alongside its already strong deals team

27 Nov 2025

Weil makes up 17 in latest partner promotions round

Round dominated by New York firm’s 600-lawyer corporate practice as 57 also made up to counsel

26 Nov 2025

Raft of Big Law firms line up to match pacesetter Cravath’s associate bonuses

Milbank – a first-mover in recent years – among US firms dishing out up to $140,000

25 Nov 2025

Gibson Dunn hires Fried Frank partner in New York to lead fund finance team

Sponsor-side specialist Duncan McKay will help Gibson Dunn build out its investment funds practice

24 Nov 2025

Bakers hits Ashurst for London ECM duo days after UK firm agrees transatlantic merger

London head of ECM and global head of US securities depart as Ashurst prepares to merge with Perkins Coie

24 Nov 2025

Clifford Chance to cut back office roles as AI use takes hold

UK firm to axe up to 50 roles according to Financial Times report, citing increased use of AI among factors driving change

21 Nov 2025

Osborne Clarke appoints new senior partner for UK LLP

Bristol office head Lara Burch to take helm on 1 January 2026, succeeding Peter Clough

21 Nov 2025

Willkie promotes 30 to partner in London-heavy round

Seven London promotions boosts Willkie’s partner bench in the city by 25%

20 Nov 2025

Pogust Goodhead recruits MoFo partner to lead Mariana litigation after landmark victory

Morrison Foerster’s former London head of litigation Jonathan Wheeler to oversee development of mammoth case into damages phase

20 Nov 2025

‘It’s a scale game now’: Ashurst has finally ended its decades-long search for a willing US merger partner

Victoria Basham assesses the prospects of the third substantial transatlantic law firm merger deal to be unveiled in less than three years

19 Nov 2025

Hogan Lovells, NRF guide merger to form UK’s largest listed infrastructure investment firm

Carey Olsen also acts in HICL Infrastructure’s £5.3bn merger with The Renewables Infrastructure Group

18 Nov 2025

Ashurst and Perkins Coie announce landmark $2.7bn transatlantic merger

Tie-up to create top 20 global law firm by revenue with more than 3,000 lawyers

17 Nov 2025

Akin to shutter Singapore office

Closure of eight-lawyer office next year to leave Akin with Hong Kong as sole branch in Asia

14 Nov 2025

McDermott considers tapping private equity investment

Firm explores restructuring to meet ethics rules that could set precedent in US

13 Nov 2025

Norton Rose Fulbright and South Africa arm to split

Offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban to become independent next year, making NRF latest international firm to pull out of South Africa

12 Nov 2025

HFW debuts in Brisbane with five-lawyer construction team

Group led by partner Christopher Rowden joins from local boutique CDI Lawyers to open HFW’s fourth Australian office

11 Nov 2025