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Linklaters creates team of ‘AI lawyers’
Team of 20 will advise lawyers at the Magic Circle firm how to use AI in client work
Rising trends: luxury women’s sport sponsorship
Bird & Bird lawyers Georgie Twigg MBE and Intisar Abdi outline key legal considerations for luxury brands seeking to sponsor women’s sport
UK insurance lawyers group FOIL elects Browne Jacobson partner as next president
Bridget Tatham to lead Forum of Insurance Lawyers for 2026, succeeding Keoghs partner Howard Dean
US firms eye $2.5tr fund finance opportunity amid spate of transatlantic hires
Ben Rigby discusses two key hires in the fund finance world by law firms in London and New York this week
Why free interview travel for under-25s is essential to improve social mobility
Aspiring legal professionals should choose which interviews to attend based on the role, not whether they can afford their travel fare, writes InnLegal’s Ellie Hecht
Nominees unveiled for 2026 Women and Diversity in Law Awards
Fourth annual awards to take place in London on 28 April
Gibson Dunn hits A&O Shearman for London disputes partner
Employment specialist Robbie Sinclair joins as US firm focuses on building City disputes bench alongside its already strong deals team
Solomon takes the helm at Littleton
Adam Solomon KC succeeds Mr Justice Mansfield as head of Littleton Chambers
Senior associates at UK firms have lower job satisfaction than other cohorts – study
Only 61% of senior associates are satisfied at work, compared to 75% of partners, according to a Chambers’ report
Weil makes up 17 in latest partner promotions round
Round dominated by New York firm’s 600-lawyer corporate practice as 57 also made up to counsel
‘We need to get on with it’: top Scottish law firms push for liberalisation of ownership rules
Coalition including Harper Macleod, MacDonald Henderson and Inksters say they are being held back
Bakers hits Ashurst for London ECM duo days after UK firm agrees transatlantic merger
London head of ECM and global head of US securities depart as Ashurst prepares to merge with Perkins Coie
Clifford Chance to cut back office roles as AI use takes hold
UK firm to axe up to 50 roles according to Financial Times report, citing increased use of AI among factors driving change
Mayer Brown elevates 36 to partner in latest promotions round
Latest intake is down from 39 in 2024 but overall promotions including counsel are 12% higher
Osborne Clarke appoints new senior partner for UK LLP
Bristol office head Lara Burch to take helm on 1 January 2026, succeeding Peter Clough
Ex-CAT president: undermining the collective actions regime would only benefit corporate wrongdoers
The UK’s fledgling opt-out system provides a crucial means of calling to account big businesses, writes former Competition Appeal Tribunal president Sir Gerald Barling
Willkie promotes 30 to partner in London-heavy round
Seven London promotions boosts Willkie’s partner bench in the city by 25%
Pogust Goodhead recruits MoFo partner to lead Mariana litigation after landmark victory
Morrison Foerster’s former London head of litigation Jonathan Wheeler to oversee development of mammoth case into damages phase
‘It’s a scale game now’: Ashurst has finally ended its decades-long search for a willing US merger partner
Victoria Basham assesses the prospects of the third substantial transatlantic law firm merger deal to be unveiled in less than three years
‘I’ve been driven by a desire to fix things’: TrialView’s founder on start-up’s next steps
Boosted by a £3m investment, barrister turned legaltech entrepreneur Stephen Dowling is targeting US expansion