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LexisNexis-owner RELX agrees to acquire French legal AI platform Doctrine
Acquisition would complement LexisNexis’s existing legal AI offering in Europe
Bird & Bird promotes 19 to partner in latest promotions round
Women make up 26% of this year’s cohort, with the employment and IP practices seeing the most promotions
Kirkland, Skadden, Freshfields guide €29.4bn deal for Germany’s TK Elevator
Finnish firms Hannes Snellman and Roschier also score roles in deal that marks one of Europe’s largest takeovers in recent years
Akin re-hires restructuring partner trio from Weil in London
Team is led by Neil Devaney, who returns as head of London financial restructuring
Winners announced at UK Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2026
Former Law Society of England and Wales president Lubna Shuja among those honoured
Taylor Wessing adds product liability specialist from Cooley in London
Jamie Humphreys will join as a partner in the firm’s disputes team
‘Formalistic and outmoded’: Civil Justice Council calls for reform of solicitors’ costs regime
CJC advocates updating the existing solicitor-client costs system and replacing it with out-of-court settlements
Gibson Dunn strengthens in Paris with investment funds team from Clifford Chance
Seven-strong group includes four partners, led by Xavier Comaills
London boutique Three Points Law hires AI legaltech co-founder and former KPMG Law partner
Usman Wahid, who co-founded AI legal platform VennSpace, will focus on fintech deals
London set 7 King’s Bench Walk lures ex-Harneys partner out of retirement
Peter Ferrer, who was based in Harneys’ British Virgin Islands office, returns to London as part of the move
London law firm private equity partner hires almost double in 2025 – report
Legal headhunters Macrae says activity reflects shift in how firms are looking to build sponsor-facing teams
Browne Jacobson enters Northern Ireland through merger with 30-lawyer Davidson McDonnell
Tie-up brings strength in corporate M&A, commercial property, dispute resolution and finance to UK firm
Baroness Harman to speak at conference on impact of employment reforms on legal sector
Change Management Present and Future conference to explore Employment Rights Act 2025’s safeguards against workplace harassment
Nine make the grade in Simmons’ latest partner promotions round
Women-majority round dominated by financial markets and real estate practice
Freshfields seeks to ‘co-innovate at pace’ with Anthropic partnership
Deal with Anthropic follows news that more than 5,000 Freshfields employees are using AI tools built with Google technology