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London-based law firms Seddons and BD Laddie have joined forces, creating a 33-partner Top 200 UK law firm. | 9yrs

Following an uncontested election, Eversheds has announced that Lee Ranson will succeed Bryan Hughes as the firm's chief executive. | 9yrs

Accountancy giant PwC has integrated PwC Legal into its UK business, enabling it to operate as a multi-disciplinary practice instead of a standalone LLP. | 9yrs

Los Angeles-based law firm Munger Tolles & Olson has hired former US Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli to open an office in Washington, D.C. | 9yrs

Taylor Wessing has followed in Macfarlanes' footsteps and prohibited its private client team from holidaying for three months next year. | 9yrs

Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of international arbitration counsel Haig Oghigian to lead its international arbitration practice in Tokyo. | 9yrs

Ashurst, Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith Freehills have advised on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station deal, China's biggest ever investment into the UK. | 9yrs

Reed Smith's leadership changes in the past few months include the departure of its CMO and a reshuffle of its senior leadership team. | 9yrs

Theresa May has announced a crackdown on 'no win no fee' law firms that 'impugn' the name of the army by making vexatious claims against members of the armed forces. | 9yrs

Lawyers are to be laid off as New York-headquartered Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft announces its withdrawal from Asia. | 9yrs

Media monolith News Group Newspapers (NGN) has switched its legal team for litigation relating to phone-hacking at News of the World (NoW) for the fourth time. | 9yrs

The three firms are planning a tie-up which could create a law firm with combined revenues of almost £1bn. | 9yrs

The top Matrix Chambers barrister has officially resigned from his post as Counsel to Inquiry for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA). | 9yrs

The High Court of Kenya handed down judgement on the first competition case in the country this August, in the matter between Mea Limited and the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK). | 9yrs

The megafirm will implement a major reshuffle of its US leadership, effective 1 January 2017. | 9yrs

The firm has posted an autumn retention figure of 89 per cent, holding on to 32 of its NQ lawyers. | 9yrs

Recent graduates were asked to pay their way into a position at this Adelaide law firm. | 9yrs

The High Court has rejected a judicial review challenging the legality of proposed new contracts for junior doctors in the UK. | 9yrs

Ben Emmerson QC has been suspended from his position as top lawyer for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA). | 9yrs