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‘Nobody should be experiencing these behaviours’: report highlights employee bullying at the Bar
Landmark research by the Legal Practice Management Association and Institute of Barristers’ Clerks found more than a quarter of Bar employees had been bullied
White & Case secures Macfarlanes partner to head London white collar team
Neill Blundell joins having led Macfarlanes’ corporate crime and investigations practice
Sidley and Latham sew up Coupang’s $500m Farfetch rescue deal
Sidley advises South Korea’s Coupang on its acquisition of troubled luxury e-commerce platform, advised by Latham
Legal Services Board enlists top Northern Ireland firm to investigate oversight of Axiom Ince
Carson McDowell will examine “regulatory events” leading up to Solicitors Regulation Authority’s intervention into firm
Paul Weiss unveils latest top-level London lateral: Linklaters’ ex-antitrust head
New York firm adds latest piece to jigsaw in drive to create elite UK law practice
Simpson Thacher adds fund finance partner in London from Travers Smith
Katie McMenamin’s exit follows funds duo Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond defecting to Simpson Thacher earlier this year
Vans’ IP dispute with Walmart has implications for UK practitioners
The recent trademark infringement dispute between Vans and Walmart has three points of interest for UK IP lawyers, writes Mewburn Ellis’s Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher
Paul Weiss continues London hiring spree with Clifford Chance partner duo
CC’s London private equity head joins alongside finance specialist just a few months after Paul Weiss’s eight-partner raid on Kirkland
ESG in 2024: getting to grips with the new paradigm
Due diligence, stock exchange requirements, carbon markets and nature will be on next year's ESG agenda, write HSF’s Silke Goldberg, Ernst Muller and Tihomir Svilanovic
Reed Smith secures capital markets partner in London from Linklaters
Linklaters lifer Mark Drury one of three partners to leave Magic Circle firm in recent days
Standard Chartered’s GC Okoro sets up diversity taskforce with quartet of legal advisers
A&O, Eversheds Sutherland, Simmons and Sullivan will join bank in seeking ways of “improving opportunities for minority talent”
Around the house: BP lines up legal chief replacement, Baker Hughes promotes division GC to vacant CLO role
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Volvo, Gallup, Grammarly and Aptia
Cyber risk: law firms left carrying reputational can
Law firms must ensure their supply chains are resilient amid growth in cyber incidents, writes Alvarez & Marsal’s Lorenzo Grillo
Sidley promotes 29 to partner in latest US-dominated round
Cohort comes close to achieving gender parity, with 14 women getting the nod
Norton Rose Fulbright unveils 49-strong partner class
Canada and US arms account for lion’s share of promotions with seven made up in London