Diversity and ESG campaigner to take top legal job at FTSE 100 drinks giant after 20 years at Magic Circle firm
Adam Plainer joins as co-head of US firm's global financial restructuring group
Number of firms declines just 2%, helped partly by drop in operating expenses, according to Hazlewoods
New group led by nine partners and counsel from its civil litigation and corporate law departments
London office follows up on 'spectacular' financial performance last year with high-profile lateral
Rare transatlantic deal for practice outside Am Law 100 sees St Louis firm add more than 50 UK-based lawyers
Murray Cox leaves UK Magic Circle firm less than five years after making partner
Arrivals include White & Case corporate co-head Patrick Sarch and highly rated Debevoise partner Kevin Lloyd
Marie-Aimée de Dampierre will assume role from Leopold von Gerlach at the start of May
London partners Adam Gallagher and James Watson join as European investment drive continues
Real estate-focused practice will be headed by former Clifford Chance partners Iain Morpeth and Michael Wistow
Team is led by Glasgow-based partners Eleanor Kerr and Alexis Graham
Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes will open in Paris, London and New York, joint statement reveals
Team of 18 BCLP lawyers led by former office head forms bedrock of UK firm's second mainland European arm
Course led by consultant Simon Marshall sets out to help law firms master social media