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A weekly round-up of moves across the globe. | 12yrs

Neil McDonald, formerly head of the Asian business restructuring and insolvency practice, is understood to have stood down recently in order to join Kirkland & Ellis. | 12yrs

Bingham McCutcheon's London managing partner James Roome is said to be considering defection if the practice merges with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. | 12yrs

The 150-lawyer financial services practice BuckleySandler is to open a London firm to help clients meet growing international compliance requirements. | 12yrs

Spanish law firm Uría Menéndez says it has reached a milestone in its development by investing in the merging Chile-Colombia practice which launches on 1 January. | 12yrs

The concept of pricing is currently a mystery to most law firms but lawyers will soon be forced to learn a new pricing skill-set, expert Richard Burcher will tell delegates at The Future of Law Summit. | 12yrs

Nishimura & Asahi, Japan's biggest law firm, is spreading into the Indonesian market by setting up an associate office with local practice Rosetini & Partners. | 12yrs

A firm known for having a majority of female shareholders and lawyers has closed in Toledo, Ohio after 45 years. | 12yrs

The US legal sector now accounts for 1.139m people - the highest peak it has reached since February 2009. | 12yrs

The US-based international giants Bingham McCutcheon and Morgan Lewis & Bockius are discussing merger plans which would create a top ten global firm with over 2,200 lawyers. | 12yrs

Duane Morris partner Richard Jaffe has been elected vice chair of the Association for Corporate Growth's (ACG) Global Board of Directors. | 12yrs

DWF has introduced a series of IT efficiencies including a project through which fee-earners can buy a £6,500 'cabin' for home working. | 12yrs

The biggest law firms in the world will be among UK bases investigated by specialist teams to see if they are enabling criminals to launder money. | 12yrs

Slater & Gordon has acquired a ten-strong PI team as it marks the international Australia-based firm's plan to spread geographically in the UK. | 12yrs

Ian Savage, president of the Calgary Defence Lawyers Association, spent three hours in a holding cell after a dispute with a judge over an impaired driving case. | 12yrs

Former New York mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, a partner in law firm Bracewell & Giuliani, is urging the fast tracking of applications to export natural gas - partly as a way to reduce dependence on Russia. | 12yrs

With more employees mobile working, law firms are facing the challenge of formalising mobile working policies and managing off-site staff effectively. | 12yrs

International firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel, one of the most profitable in the US, is facing charges of fraud and fraud concealment after a federal appeals court reinstated the charges. | 12yrs

The move creates one of the largest firms in the Baltic region. | 12yrs