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Freshfields sets out five-year global diversity and inclusion targets

Firm seeks to double proportion of women making partner from 19% last year to at least 40% by 2026

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Public perception of UK legal profession still seen as male dominated, study finds

ULaw survey to mark International Women's Day finds mismatch between profession's image and diversity of student base

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LOD forms alliance with legal tech specialists SYKE to target digital transformation

Bowmark Capital-backed LOD will also invest in new partner

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Scottish firms must improve tech and flexible working offering to attract talent, report finds

Coronavirus pandemic highlights need for firms to modernise, Core-Asset Consulting says

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Law Society of England and Wales president steps down over long-running client dispute

High Court decision to reopen case against London-based litigator David Greene triggers early departure

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Ashurst opens Dublin office to maintain its EU competition law practice

New Irish rules prevent dual-qualified lawyers practising in Ireland without a physical presence in the country

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Simpson Thacher secures Blackstone's European GC in latest London partner hire

Private equity specialist Geoffrey Bailhache adds to firm's ongoing European expansion

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NautaDutilh hires four-lawyer Amsterdam IP/IT team from DLA Piper

Former head of IP leads move as Dutch independent hails 'enormous potential' of tech sector

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Dentons names new Scotland managing partner in all-women leadership team

Claire Armstrong joins Glasgow and Edinburgh office heads Alison Bryce and Kirsti Olson

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Dutch litigation firm targets French cartel claims with Paris launch

Quartet of senior lawyers open Paris arm of bureau Brandeis to pursue complex antitrust damages actions

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Linklaters' US head, Tom Shropshire, to succeed Siobhán Moriarty as general counsel of Diageo

Diversity and ESG campaigner to take top legal job at FTSE 100 drinks giant after 20 years at Magic Circle firm

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Dechert hires Weil's former head of restructuring and insolvency in London

Adam Plainer joins as co-head of US firm's global financial restructuring group

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UK law firm closures limited in 2020 despite impact of pandemic, lockdowns

Number of firms declines just 2%, helped partly by drop in operating expenses, according to Hazlewoods

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BonelliErede launches competition litigation task force to combat unfair commercial practices

New group led by nine partners and counsel from its civil litigation and corporate law departments

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Quinn Emanuel hires Simmons & Simmons' UK disputes head

London office follows up on 'spectacular' financial performance last year with high-profile lateral

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