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Matthew Scully joins London disputes boutique alongside experienced former senior clerk Stephen Penson | 9mos

Team includes A&O’s global real estate finance head David Oppenheimer | 9mos

Frederick Krebs died in December following 'valiant battle with kidney cancer' | 9mos

Latest intake matches last year’s round, though the number of female promotions falls by half to two | 9mos

A&O Shearman, White & Case and Orrick have all parted company with seasoned practitioners | 9mos

Humanising the firm experience can help build trust when seeking to attract talent, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg | 9mos

Twin partner hire includes Hogan Lovells’ global life sciences co-head Lynn Mehler; move comes ahead of Hogan’s merger with Cadwalader | 9mos

Kirsty Brimelow KC succeeds Barbara Mills KC as UK and Ireland’s ‘Four Bars’ unite to oppose plan to curtail juries | 9mos

World’s largest lawyers’ association flags rule of law concerns in its bi-annual Legal Agenda publication | 9mos

First woman of colour to lead society and Linklaters’ global managing partner among array of lawyers and judges to receive awards | 9mos

Laura Halonen and Andrew Mackenzie succeed Christine Falcicchio and Cherine Foty, who have led the CGA since 2020 | 9mos

Decision by Allen & Gledhill’s Dinesh Dhillon taken ‘in the interest of preserving unity’ | 9mos

Charles Adams will begin his second term at the start of May next year | 9mos

Winston & Strawn’s Stephen D’Amore and Taylor Wessing UK’s Shane Gleghorn explain why they have pinned their firms’ destinies together | 9mos

Reforms ‘fly in the face of the government’s own growth agenda’, claims society president Mark Evans | 9mos

Two parties will also collaborate on new products as part of US firm’s ‘strategic approach to AI and innovation’ | 9mos

Luxury beauty executive discusses her path to law, her global role, ‘servant leadership’ and the ties that bind luxury colleagues together | 9mos

UK legaltech start-up says the US now accounts for 44% of its global revenue | 9mos

Integration of legal AI and billing software products will bridge gap between practice and business of law, suppliers say | 9mos