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Dechert is building strength in its City private equity and finance practice, scooping up a partner apiece from each of Kirkland & Ellis and White & Case. | 9yrs

The Supreme Court is set to hear the appeal in 'early December', the government has confirmed. | 9yrs

Most lawyers in the UK will have almost £10,000 per year less to support themselves when they reach retirement age than what they anticipate they will actually need. | 9yrs

Manchester-based partner Jane Haxby will be stepping up to the helm following the departure of incumbent Europe boss Peter Crossley. | 9yrs

Managing partner Andrew Grech has said that a 16 per cent reduction in the firm's UK headcount will feature as part of its 'UK Performance Improvement Program.' | 9yrs

The first woman to ever be appointed as attorney general of the United States has passed away following a long-fought battle with Parkinson's disease. | 9yrs

One of Ireland's leading financial law firms is opening a new unit in response to mounting enforcements by the Central Bank of Ireland. | 9yrs

Addleshaw Goddard is kicking off a new £500,000 packaged program of free legal advice and mentoring support for promising fintech companies in the United Kingdom. | 9yrs

The number of professional negligence claims made against UK solicitors has spiked 33 per cent in the last year, according to research from RPC. | 9yrs

The firms are staying mum, but reports from inside Morgan Lewis have confirmed that a merger is potentially on the cards. | 9yrs

Global energy and infrastructure co-head Neil Upton is leaving the embattled KWM with a team of four lawyers. | 9yrs

A predictable result in favour of Parliament but what will the Supreme Court say? Michael Madden of US law firm Winston & Strawn weighs up the arguments. | 9yrs

Three senior judges are caught in the middle of an angry storm as MPs, newspapers and Vote Leave supporters react to yesterday's landmark ruling on Article 50. | 9yrs

The Democratic National Convention has asked a judge to block the Republican Party from supporting candidate Donald Trump's efforts to place 'watchers' at polling stations in key states on election day. | 9yrs

The Washington DC-headquartered firm has responded to recent volatility in the British pound by pegging salaries for UK-based associates to the exchange rate against the US dollar. | 9yrs

The partner duo credited with launching Clifford Chance in Australia are joining the legal arm of Big Four accounting giant PwC. | 9yrs

Addleshaw Goddard has officially kicked off a £5m arbitration proceeding against former head of real estate Mark Haywood, who quit the firm for Nabarro two years ago. | 9yrs

Managing partner Gideon Moore's lockstep overhaul has secured the approval of partners. | 9yrs

Prime Minister Theresa May must secure parliamentary ratification before she is legally able to trigger Britain's exit from the European Union, the High Court has ruled. | 9yrs