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Withers has boosted its international corporate practice in Asia Pacific through the hire of a 12-strong team led by Mabel Lui. | 9yrs

The big four accountancy giant has lured Ashurt's head of pensions Marcus Fink to join its pensions team as a director as the firm looks to grow its legal practice. | 9yrs

Keystone Law is making two senior hires to its Belfast office, just four months after the UK firm expanded into Northern Ireland following its merger with McMahon McKay. | 9yrs

Solicitors' inability to stick to their costs budgets puts them at risk of significant financial losses following the major Court of Appeal ruling in Harrison v Coventry, according to the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) | 9yrs

A weekly round-up of moves around the globe. | 9yrs

A new law has been issued in Dubai to regulate 'civil organisations' (non-profit entities) in the emirate. | 9yrs

A new law has been issued in Dubai to regulate 'civil organisations' (non-profit entities) in the emirate, official news agency WAM has reported. | 9yrs

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a 50 per cent increase in the minimum wage. | 9yrs

Herbert Smith Freehills is the fastest-growing law firm in Asia Pacific, showing the biggest rise in the Acritas Asia Pacific Law Firm Brand Index for 2017. | 9yrs

Liars beware as new technology could make it harder for fibs to be told in court, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota. | 9yrs

A new law has come into force in Scotland which means that people convicted of sharing intimate images without consent could face up to five years in prison. | 9yrs

The Swiss firm will analyse claims from citizens impacted by the blockade. | 9yrs

Clyde & Co has appointed Dino Wilkinson, who joins from Norton Rose Fulbright, as partner in its Technology, Media & Telecom practice in Abu Dhabi. | 9yrs

DLA Piper has annouced that it is business as usual and says its email service has been restored after it was knocked out in a worldwide cyberattack. | 9yrs

Jim Truscott and Matt Fleetwood have left Fieldfisher to set up Beyond Professional Services Group which has acquired a majority stake in Manchester-based corporate law boutique Atticus. | 9yrs

Fieldfisher has opened an office in Bologna led by Gianvincenzo Lucchini, a corporate partner who joins from Lucchini Gattamorta where he was a founding partner. | 9yrs

The fast-growing global law firm has joined forces with Uzbek outfit Avent Advokat. | 9yrs

The Brazilian law firm has joined forces with MASP to show the sexually-themed works of French post-Impressionist artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. | 9yrs

Investment into UK lawtech start-ups has reached £16 million and lawtech investment is set to grow to £25.7 billion per year as law firms look to harness the latest technology to increase efficiency, reduce costs or provide wider services. | 9yrs