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Legaltech firm BigHand acquires Mason & Cook in resource management push
M&A deal is BigHand's first since company was bought by LLCP in the summer
DWF reports double digit increase in first-half revenue as activity recovers
Firm 'cautiously optimistic' for H2 after 'very pleasing recovery' from Covid-19 disruption
Lawyers team up with litigation funding industry to create model documents
Project aims to produce best-in-class documentation, helping to promote a credible and established asset class
Deloitte hails 'key moment' as it acquires UK technology firm Kemp Little
Big Four accountancy giant doubles UK lawyers with deal to absorb highly rated London practice
King & Spalding hires leading UK human rights QC to head public international law offering
Ben Emmerson joins as a partner in the firm's trials and global disputes practice in London
Wilson Sonsini hires former Checkout.com GC in London to bolster fintech coverage
Joshua Kaplan, who was also chief operating officer at the payments company, joins as partner
Pinsent Masons boosts professional services offering with Vario expansion
New group combines flexible resourcing unit and diversity and inclusion consultancy, among others
Cahill hires third London leveraged finance partner from Allen & Overy
Newly made-up partner Joydeep Choudhuri jumps ship to join former colleagues at high-yield specialist
Linklaters sets out race action plan to increase black diversity across firm
Magic Circle UK Firm pledges to increase number of black partners globally five fold by 2027
Experts to debate blockchain's growing influence in luxury sector at online seminar
Webinar in association with Bird & Bird will feature senior figures from two advanced tech start-ups
Allen & Overy sees gender pay gap narrow slightly as it reports progress on diversity goals
Target set in 2018 for 30% of leadership roles to be held by women is met as firm reports on disability for first time
Ashurst unveils modern slavery initiative citing founder's campaigning record
Firm outlines four-strand action plan named after founder's four daughters
Historic Simpson & Marwick brand revived after Clyde & Co sheds Scottish property arm
Amicable de-merger sees longstanding name return to Scotland five years after it was sacrificed in merger
Squire Patton Boggs boosts arbitration practice with senior hires in Paris and Brussels
US law firm adds two partners in Paris from DWF, while a consultant joins as a partner in Brussels from Wilmer Hale
White & Case teams up with University of London to launch arbitration survey
Fifth study seeks to understand how Covid-19 pandemic is impacting sector
Clyde & Co shuts Oxford arm and redistributes teams to Manchester and Bristol
International firm says move is in line with strategy of creating 'centres of excellence' for insurance
Legal Business editor Alex Novarese steps down after seven years at the helm
Departing London-based editor says he will quit journalism but remain in law
Reed Smith reviews handling of historic harassment allegation against former partner
Firm 'deeply concerned' by claims about conduct of recently jailed UK politician 15 years ago
Preparing for the UK's new job support scheme - the devil is in the detail
New measures to protect jobs are more complex than the current furlough arrangements, reports Marie Hoolihan
DAC Beachcroft builds in Belfast with five-partner hire from BLM
Insurance firm nearly doubles office partner count as it also secures a London fraud specialist