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London international disputes boutiques combine to create fraud law 'champion'
PCB Litigation and Byrne & Partners forge 15-partner firm with blessing of PCB's part-owner Burford Capital
Cleary Gottlieb beefs up UK competition practice with Slaughters special adviser hire
Jackie Holland becomes latest UK lawyer to exit a magic circle firm for a US rival in London
Linklaters becomes first magic circle firm to support Afro hairstyle campaign
Firm adopts UK's 'Halo Code' to end hair discrimination for black employees in the workplace
Freshfields sets out five-year global diversity and inclusion targets
Firm seeks to double proportion of women making partner from 19% last year to at least 40% by 2026
Public perception of UK legal profession still seen as male dominated, study finds
ULaw survey to mark International Women's Day finds mismatch between profession's image and diversity of student base
LOD forms alliance with legal tech specialists SYKE to target digital transformation
Bowmark Capital-backed LOD will also invest in new partner
Scottish firms must improve tech and flexible working offering to attract talent, report finds
Coronavirus pandemic highlights need for firms to modernise, Core-Asset Consulting says
Law Society of England and Wales president steps down over long-running client dispute
High Court decision to reopen case against London-based litigator David Greene triggers early departure
Simpson Thacher secures Blackstone's European GC in latest London partner hire
Private equity specialist Geoffrey Bailhache adds to firm's ongoing European expansion
Dentons names new Scotland managing partner in all-women leadership team
Claire Armstrong joins Glasgow and Edinburgh office heads Alison Bryce and Kirsti Olson
Linklaters' US head, Tom Shropshire, to succeed Siobhán Moriarty as general counsel of Diageo
Diversity and ESG campaigner to take top legal job at FTSE 100 drinks giant after 20 years at Magic Circle firm
Dechert hires Weil's former head of restructuring and insolvency in London
Adam Plainer joins as co-head of US firm's global financial restructuring group
UK law firm closures limited in 2020 despite impact of pandemic, lockdowns
Number of firms declines just 2%, helped partly by drop in operating expenses, according to Hazlewoods
Quinn Emanuel hires Simmons & Simmons' UK disputes head
London office follows up on 'spectacular' financial performance last year with high-profile lateral
US firm Armstrong Teasdale acquires London's Kerman & Co in first overseas venture
Rare transatlantic deal for practice outside Am Law 100 sees St Louis firm add more than 50 UK-based lawyers
Weil celebrates hire of 'superb' Slaughter and May corporate partner
Murray Cox leaves UK Magic Circle firm less than five years after making partner
Hogan Lovells bolsters London M&A and disputes practices with five-partner hiring spree
Arrivals include White & Case corporate co-head Patrick Sarch and highly rated Debevoise partner Kevin Lloyd
Simpson Thacher makes double partner hire in European restructuring push
London partners Adam Gallagher and James Watson join as European investment drive continues
McCarthy Denning taps magic circle veterans for private equity launch
Real estate-focused practice will be headed by former Clifford Chance partners Iain Morpeth and Michael Wistow
Shepherd and Wedderburn lands 20-strong Scottish private client team from Dentons
Team is led by Glasgow-based partners Eleanor Kerr and Alexis Graham