Top 40 UK firm looks to grow lower-to-mid-market private equity work with London hires | 2yrs
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Top 20 UK firm opens standalone office after cutting ties with Swiss Verein firm which has rebranded as WST | 2yrs
Bakers’ South Africa M&A co-head Angela Simpson moves over alongside three more lawyers | 2yrs
Cohort evenly split between men and women sees UK firm exceed 500 partners | 2yrs
John Godfrey is the 12th Paul Weiss lawyer to decamp to Sidley in past 10 months | 2yrs
Women make up more than half of cohort dominated by firm’s London headquarters | 2yrs
London-dominated round sees women make up at least half of City firm’s new partners for third consecutive year | 2yrs
Magic Circle firm secures third Middle East base as dozens of law firms eye business linked to Saudi wealth | 2yrs
Cohort brings top London independent closer to hitting gender diversity goals | 2yrs
US firm cites continued commitment to APAC as it becomes latest international practice to close a mainland China base | 2yrs
Infrastructure-focused partners Paul Hibbert and Emma Serginson join as latest in series of London laterals for top 25 US firm | 2yrs
Graham White, formerly of Kirkland and Fried Frank, adds gravitas to US firm’s transactional offering | 2yrs
Firm names ESG leaders for UK, US and EMEA to support global practice head Silke Goldberg | 2yrs
Deal second this month to see Freshfields advise acquisitive AstraZeneca | 2yrs
Chicago giant becomes first law firm to smash turnover milestone as PEP grows 6% | 2yrs
European powerhouse joins forces with Vietnamese outfit Asia Counsel | 2yrs
Big Five firm appoints Africa-wide department heads as Alan Keep reappointed as managing partner | 2yrs
Tech-focused firm sees PEP grow 8.2% following almost 20% decline in 2022 | 2yrs
Delphine Jaugey joins as head of secondaries for Europe alongside pair of associates | 2yrs
Linklaters acts for Mondi in deal to create £10bn packaging giant as global M&A surges after 2023’s slump | 2yrs