UK Magic Circle firm sees PEP hit £2.5m and pre-tax profit climb to £1.2bn | 3mos
Banking and finance
Turnover holds steady at $3.7bn as profit per equity partner rises 12% to $2.9m following period of partner cuts and departures | 3mos
Emma Rachmaninov joins US firm as co-head of its European financial services and funds regulatory team | 3mos
Lee Askenazi, who co-led Clifford Chance’s financial markets team, joins with four more partners | 4mos
Peter Williams’ hire follows Paul Hastings boosting private credit group earlier this year with hires from Cadwalader and Haynes Boone | 4mos
The heads of Walkers’ European offices discuss how their markets are evolving amid rising regulation, private capital growth and increasing demand for digital asset expertise | 4mos
Michael Bosworth replaces Kathy Ruemmler, who resigned from the role on 30 June | 4mos
Partner Tiana Rambatomanga joins at head of three-strong team to launch UK-headquartered firm’s Paris fund structuring practice | 4mos
Latest results continue long-term growth trend, with profits increasing 43% in five years | 4mos
Ashurst Perkins Coie launches with more than 950 partners across 52 global offices | 4mos
German investment funds partner Olena Tokman will join McDermott after seven years at Linklaters | 4mos
Jarryd Anderson joins as head of financial services with federal reserve and deal experience, as bank M&A activity rebounds | 4mos
Top UK independent’s smallest round since 2014 sees transactions lawyers made up across finance and funds practices | 4mos
Incoming trio bring partner count in Abu Dhabi office Skadden opened last year to seven | 4mos
Hires from Morrison Foerster, Mayer Brown and McDermott follow last year’s raid on Cadwalader for 37 CLO and asset backed lending lawyers | 4mos
Edited by Brown Rudnick partners Jessica Lee and Jane Colston, guide analyses cryptoasset regulation in a rapidly evolving global legal landscape. | 5mos
Former US federal prosecutor turned crypto lawyer Jennie Levin discusses her dual CLO and COO role at blockchain platform Algorand Foundation | 5mos
Intelligence platform is designed to assist the firm’s asset management, regulatory and tax lawyers | 5mos
Incoming group includes returnees Gerald Brant, Jeffrey Kochian and Brittany Harrison | 6mos
Jeremy Cross joins from Addleshaw Goddard, while Philipp Kurek joins from Signature Litigation | 6mos