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LexisNexis and Luminance strike AI partnership to target in-house legal teams
Deal will enable mutual customers to access LexisNexis legal content directly inside Luminance’s contract drafting tool
HSF Kramer promotes 25 partners in first post-merger round
Core London office dominates with seven new partners
UK banking giant Barclays appoints WilmerHale finance chair as next global GC
Stephanie Avakian will take over the role from Stephen Shapiro at the start of July
Taylor Wessing’s UK and Benelux arms announce partner promotions ahead of Winston & Strawn merger
Four lawyers are elevated to partner in London, Eindhoven and Dubai
Hengeler Mueller strengthens in London with disputes partner relocation
Arbitration partner Carsten van de Sande will move to the UK from the firm’s Frankfurt office
UK legal sector posts fastest growth in more than 15 years, Law Society survey finds
Median practice fee income increases 11.2% in 2025, outpacing the 6.1% rise achieved in 2024
City solicitor groups announce funding support for LawCare in three-year partnership
Deal will help LawCare’s efforts to improve mental health and wellbeing in the legal sector
Freshfields makes up 47 in bumper partner promotions round
Transactions-dominated round almost double the size of 2025’s cohort
Fieldfisher disputes co-head elected president of London Solicitors Litigation Association
John McElroy succeeds Nikki Edwards of Fox & Partners at the helm of the influential association
Almost a third of disabled pupils report negative pupillage experience – Bar Council survey
Majority of pupils report positive experience, though practising pupils were more likely to have had negative experiences
Simmons & Simmons launches AI law internship programme
Students will work on projects that are shaping the future of AI law and governance
Arbor Law appoints first managing partner
Legal affairs commentator Sahar Farooqi joins London firm after serving as a fractional chief transformation officer
Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader partners approve $3.6bn transatlantic merger
Deal is being touted as the ‘largest law firm merger in history’ and is due to go live in July
‘The real challenge is managing risk at the speed of innovation’: Expereo GC Sujata Kukreja
Sujata Kukreja on her legal career, her remit at Expereo and different attitudes to the role of GC across the globe
‘Doyen of music business lawyers’ Paddy Grafton Green has died, aged 83
Simkins’ former senior partner represented A-list entertainers including the Rolling Stones, Tina Turner and David Bowie
PwC promotes UK general counsel to head up global PwC network legal team
Alison Statham is replacing Diana Weiss as global GC, who is departing in June
The Chancery Lane Project launches tech platform to support climate-aligned legal contracting
TCLP Labs’ digital toolkit can help lawyers draft more climate-friendly contracts
HSF Kramer and Norton Rose advise on £1.4bn sale of Ivy Collection to Diafa
The transaction is one of the largest ever in the UK restaurant business and includes The Ivy Collection, Sexy Fish, Scott’s, Harry’s Bar and Annabel’s
Eversheds Sutherland’s international arm makes up 25 partners
Corporate finance and litigation dominate in latest promotion round; proportion of women dips below half for first time in five years
IP firm becomes UK top 10 trademark filer before UKIPO with boutique acquisition
London-based Brandsmiths says acquisition of Sipara makes it one of most active and capable UK trademark prosecution and portfolio management teams