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Taylor Wessing and DWF have picked up one partner apiece from Olswang's London office. | 10yrs

King & Wood Mallesons' senior partner for Europe and the Middle East Stephen Kon will step down next month, just half way into his three-year term. | 10yrs

A business adviser specialising in small businesses has become the latest professional services firm to enter the legal services market. | 10yrs

The attorney general has said that a 'culture of corporate responsibility' should be introduced from the boardroom down to combat failure to prevent crimes such as money laundering and fraud, with both individuals and corporates accountable. | 10yrs

The entirety of Dentons' legacy team in Shanghai prior to its combination with Dacheng has jumped ship and launched anew as Morgan, Lewis & Bockius' flagship Shanghai office. | 10yrs

If you had your time again, would you still choose to become a lawyer? | 10yrs

The upcoming wave of retirement among Baby Boomer partners is set to have a big impact on BigLaw firms, both financially and in terms of client relationships. | 10yrs

DLA Piper has confirmed at least 175 redundancies in the UK as it shifts business services roles to its new hub in Warsaw. | 10yrs

Herbert Smith Freehills has launched a new cyber security hotline to help clients keep their online security in-check. | 10yrs

Singapore's legal industry is struggling to accommodate its growing glut of law graduates. | 10yrs

The New York-headquartered firm has taken ten partners from Herbert Smith Freehills to open in Australia. | 10yrs

New research reveals that partners at UK law firms tend to be younger, on average, the bigger the firm for which they work, presenting a recruitment opportunity for mid-tier firms. | 10yrs

The US law firm has added a three-lawyer team to its Paris office. | 10yrs

A consortium of two intellectual property law firms has dared to defy its predecessors and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. | 10yrs

The firm is overhauling its remuneration structure just months after scrapping annual performance reviews for associates. | 10yrs

Reed Smith's leadership overhaul delivered Tamara Box the reigns of its practice in Europe and the Middle East. | 10yrs

Paul Hastings has scooped up a trio of structured finance partners from Ashurst, with one more partner also departing for Latham & Watkins. | 10yrs

CMS Hasche Sigle is opening an office in Hong Kong today, more than a decade after CMS Cameron McKenna axed its office there in 2003. | 10yrs

The ruling overhauls the legal definition of parenthood in the state of New York. | 10yrs