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Jones Day has topped a poll as the firm which recognises firms which outpace on client service. | 8yrs

London litigation lawyers are upping the ante in the race to maintain the UK's status as a legal hub as Brexit lurks. | 8yrs

Cooley LLP is serving as legal counsel to Meredith with BDT & Company and Moelis & Company serving as financial advisors in the deal which sees Meredith Corporation set to pay $18.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.8 billion. | 8yrs

Andersen Global has announced the debut of the Andersen name in Turkey with member firm NAZALI Tax & Legal to officially adopt it in January. | 8yrs

Global alternative legal services provider Integreon has acquired Allegory, the litigation management software business founded by legal tech pioneer Alma Asay. | 8yrs

Former TIAA general counsel Paul Cellupica has been hired by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) at a time TIAA is under scrutiny from a NY State Attorney General investigation and a pending SEC whistleblower complaint. | 8yrs

A weekly round-up of moves around the globe. | 8yrs

Clifford Chance has appointed Matthew Newick to lead the firm's global litigation, dispute resolution and risk management practice and join its executive leadership group. | 8yrs

Portugal's state expenses on lawyers is skyrocketing hitting an average of some €15 million a year between 2014-2016 with the bulk going on contracts for legal advice. | 8yrs

The Law Society is looking for a new member for the LGBT+ Lawyers Division - a steering committee set up to help improve the experiences of LGBT+ solicitors in the profession. | 8yrs

India's leading full service law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has appointed former A&O senior partner David Morley onto its Strategic Advisory Board. | 8yrs

Built by the firm's Canadian Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies group, the Canadian Seed Preferred Document Package automatically drafts seed financing investment documents with input from users. | 8yrs

KPMG has wooed law firm King & Wood Malleson's (KWM) banking and finance partner Stuart Fuller to take the helm at its Australian law practice. | 8yrs

London-based lawyers Doughty Street Chambers has prepared legal opinion which highlights that Northern Ireland can be given special status in the UK post-Brexit. | 8yrs

In an embarrassing turn of affairs the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that the Law Society misled the public in its advertising of the Conveyancing Quality Scheme. | 8yrs

Together, Hogan Lovells and Innovate Finance aim to support and develop the FinTech community in the UK and globally by promoting enabling policy and regulation, talent development and business opportunity and investment capital. | 8yrs

Lobby group TheCityUK is urging Government to do more to protect the important economic contribution of the UK legal services sector post-Brexit. | 8yrs

Dentons has wooed a team of nine from Deloitte's tax practice in Russia to boost its offering in St Petersburg. | 8yrs

Baker McKenzie has launched an interactive class action tool which provides information 'at a glance' on the key characteristics of collective action mechanisms in more than 25 countries. | 8yrs