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BCLP names Segun Osuntokun as new global senior partner
Leading litigator to step up from UK managing partner role in January to work alongside new global CEO Steve Baumer
Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling partners start voting on merger approval
Voting will conclude on October 13, with the results announced shortly after
Around the house: LGBTQ social app Grindr hires first GC, ONEOK replaces retired GC with energy industry veteran
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at PensionBee, Faraday Future, WSFS Bank and Nixon Peabody
Axiom Ince suffers further partner defections as future of firm in doubt
Latest losses include exits to Birketts, HF and Wikborg Rein
Proskauer raids Shearman for 19-strong corporate team in Paris
Team includes Shearman’s former Paris office head Xavier Norlain and three other partners
Axiom Ince set to close as departures intensify
Partner exits continue apace from troubled firm as SRA says it has told regulator it cannot continue “in its current format”
Clifford Chance makes twin energy partner hire from Latham & Watkins
New recruits Craig Nethercott and Chirag Sanghrajka will be based in London and Dubai respectively
Greenwoods snaps up nine-strong private client team from Ince & Co as exits continue
Team is led by Ince’s former head of private client and tax Matthew Biles
Fifth Day set to continue founder’s legacy
Charity founded by late Fred Banning to continue promoting pro bono opportunities for ‘non-lawyers’
Private client quartet launch MEUM Group in London to cater for the ultra wealthy
Firm will provide legal advisory and financial management services under one roof
Global Legal Post to publish daily newspaper at IBA’s annual conference in Paris
IBA Daily News will keep more than 5,000 delegates abreast of 200-plus sessions
Irwin Mitchell acquires leading family law boutique
UK firm absorbs North East-based Silk Family Law just a few weeks after snapping up 95-strong Scottish firm
Leading through financial distress: management, communications and welfare considerations
Law firm leaders need to maintain dialogue with their workers and manage expectations in periods of financial stress, write Charles Metherell and Michael Evans
Counterfeiting linked to abuse of people and economy
Eve Alexander, head of intelligence analysis at the UK’s Intellectual Property Office, examines the sweeping changes in the counterfeiting landscape over the last decade
Addleshaw Goddard begins search for successor as managing partner opts to step down early
John Joyce to stand down next April a year before end of third term