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The expansion of Eversheds to another ten more firms in Africa means it has coverage in 31 countries, well over half of the countries in the continent. | 12yrs

Patton Boggs managing partner Edward Newberry has said that any suggestion that the firm sees bankruptcy as an issue is 'laughable'. | 12yrs

Andrew Procter, global head of compliance at Deutsche Bank, is to join Herbert Smith Freehills in June and will probably be replaced by two people in a split role. | 12yrs

Professional firms appear to be less exposed to fraud risks than other businesses - but 20% of them still admit to having been attacked. | 12yrs

Eversheds and Pinsent Masons are among the law firms which are supporting a new scheme of apprenticeships for school leavers which will lead to the qualification of solicitor. | 12yrs

Confidence within UK law firms has risen to its highest level in seven years - as eight out of 10 practices say they are confident about the next 12 months. | 12yrs

A team of five lawyers is leaving the DLA Piper asset finance group to joint Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in London at the start of May. | 12yrs

Some 72 law firms in Germany were involved in sending out 109,000 piracy threats in Germany last year. | 12yrs

Angela Cobbina, formerly the top lawyer in Britain at ABN Amro, is claiming race, sex and religious discrimination against her former employer. | 12yrs

Webber Wentzel has increased its oil and gas group by recruiting four partners including Kenny Paton from Bond Dickinson. | 12yrs

While a UK law firm is preparing a class action over thefts from two bitcoin exchanges, lawyers are dealing with the practical aspects of regulating an anonymous, virtual, global currency. | 12yrs

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

Santander Bank made some new additions to its corporate and commercial banking panel. | 12yrs

Former general counsel Helena Woodcock was promoted to CEO of Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå (STIM). | 12yrs

The legal community has been split over a judge's direction to shut down a website which exposed the follies of judges, other lawyers and others in power. | 12yrs

The Ukrainian government is being urged to protect human rights by ending past patterns of 'undue interference with the operation of the legal profession'. | 12yrs

General counsel are being given more responsibility - and more of the blame when things go wrong, according to an analysis in The Globe and Mail. | 12yrs

Singapore-based Rajah & Tann has taken on 14 lawyers from the Bangkok office of US law firm Hunton & Williams. | 12yrs

Patton Boggs is consulting restructuring specialists Zolfo Cooper and other advisers as part of a review of its capital structure and system of compensation. | 12yrs