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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
‘AI is no longer a side project’ - how European firms are moving from AI pilots to full-scale adoption
Global Legal Post report in association with LexisNexis is based on interviews with senior law firm partners and executives across Europe
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
De Gaulle Fleurance elevates four lawyers to partner in Paris and Abu Dhabi
Promotions underscore French independent firm’s push into disputes, technology and cross-border transactional work
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