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Ropes & Gray expands in Paris with private funds and tax team from Linklaters

Incoming team include partners Edouard Chapellier and Jonathan Abensour

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Three solicitors recognised in 2025 honorary silks round

City of London Law Society chair honoured alongside community champions and legal academics

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Fried Frank and Hogan Lovells advise on Next’s acquisition of Russell & Bromley

Next buys luxury shoe brand out of administration for £3.8m, adding to portfolio that includes FatFace and Made.com

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McDermott hires former A&O Shearman partner to boost European antitrust team

Kristina Nordlander brings more than two decades of experience on EU competition matters

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‘Extremely disappointing’: no solicitors among 96 new King’s Counsel appointments

The 2025 cohort also sees few improvements in diversity and a falling success rate

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Cornerstone Barristers hires Bisbey as new senior clerk

Veteran clerk leaves No5 Chambers to take up senior clerk position at London chambers

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Paul Weiss expands London footprint with Simpson Thacher private equity partner hire

Paul Foote will head up the firm’s European infrastructure M&A coverage

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Ropes & Gray, Kirkland & Ellis lead EQT’s $3.7bn buyout of Coller Capital

Deal understood to be the largest-ever acquisition of a secondaries fund manager

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Travers Smith welcomes partner firms to new fintech incubator

Commercial law firm launches Fintech Amplifier to provide legal expertise

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In-house lawyers say AI-related disputes are biggest emerging litigation risk – study

Shoosmiths survey finds that geopolitical risks such as cyber-attacks are also a top concern

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Sullivan & Cromwell extends London expansion with double finance partner hire from Weil

Christopher McLaughlin and Alastair McVeigh add expertise in leveraged finance and private credit

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Arbitra gains two members while Scottish Arbitration Centre names new registrar

Crina Baltag and Marieke Witkamp join Arbitra, while SAC CEO Andrew Mackenzie adds registrar role to his duties

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ATJF launches £3.9m grants programme funded by unclaimed Boundary Fares damages

Grants are targeted at frontline UK legal advice providers to improve access to justice

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CAT approves final settlements in £93m Car Delivery Charges class action

Case related to fees charged by car shipping cartel on imported vehicles into the UK

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PE-backed AGRD Partners expands Swedish footprint, sets sights on UK

Law firm accumulator adds Wigge and Bokwall Rislund to its Swedish roster

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