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Trowers set to cut further 25 jobs amid ‘continued slowdown’
UK law firm launches fresh round of job cuts in real estate team after axing 18 lawyer roles last month
Linklaters adds Norton Rose Fulbright partner to launch global risk advisory practice
Jane Caskey joins in London just days after cybersecurity partner duo left NRF for Allen & Overy
Slaughter and May ups NQ pay to £125k
Nine percent pay bump sees Slaughters match Magic Circle rivals
Around the house: Fox Corp names replacement for outgoing legal chief, Campbell’s elevates deputy to GC role
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Tegna, Vox Media, Divert and Hipgnosis Song Management
White & Case announces 42-lawyer partner promotion class
Cohort edges down from 46 last year with proportion of women slipping from 52% to 36%
Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills steer Mars’ £534m Hotel Chocolat acquisition
Freshfields acts for longtime client Mars as HSF counsels AIM-listed Hotel Chocolat
Allen & Overy hires cybersecurity partner duo in London from Norton Rose Fulbright
NRF lifer Ffion Flockhart joins as global head of cybersecurity alongside partner Charlie Weston-Simons
Understanding the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act
Large firms can potentially be held liable for failing to prevent fraud under the government’s new economic crime legislation, writes Thirdfort’s GC Sam Ruback
UK Supreme Court rules Rwanda asylum policy unlawful
Baker McKenzie, Freshfields and Allen & Overy among firms helping to challenge controversial policy
SRA defends oversight of Axiom Ince and promises review of ‘accumulator firm’ supervision
Regulator says it uncovered ‘sophisticated’ suspected dishonesty including ‘falsified bank statements and letters’
SFO makes seven arrests amid dawn raids in connection with Axiom Ince collapse
More than 80 investigators involved in operation sparked by discovery of £66m hole in client accounts
Is AI really here yet, have we missed the boat, are we struggling to keep up?
Law firms continue to wrestle with how to adopt AI and the potential impact on their businesses, write Paul Longhurst, Jenni Tellyn and Richard Kemp
Kirkland secures tax partner from Linklaters in London
James Morgan’s hire follows 12-partner raid on Kirkland by Paul Weiss that included two London tax partners
The changing landscape of UK sanctions against Russia
Current regulation could lead to a much wider range of entities being caught by sanctions than previously thought, write James Ellis-Rees, Christopher Jefferies and Emily Evans of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Harneys hires Walkers partner to lead expanded London litigation and insolvency offering
John O’Driscoll joins having led Walkers’ London insolvency and dispute resolution team
Abry Partners to buy legal rankings platform Chambers in deal worth £400m
UK private equity firm Inflexion had owned Chambers since 2018 and secured a 4.7x return on its investment
Fieldfisher to cut ties with its Italian arm
Verein arrangement to end next March as UK-based firm seeks ‘solid, long-term position in Italy’
Legal profession welcomes bill set to underscore London as leading arbitration hub
Bill implementing reform to Arbitration Act 1996 praised by arbitration professionals, but Bar Council hits back over underfunding of court system
BCLP adds 24 to partnership in latest promotions round
London office sees the most promotions with nine, though US dominates overall
D’Agostino wins second term as Herbert Smith Freehills CEO
Hong Kong-based D’Agostino to begin second four-year term next May
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