William Charles’s arrival follows the hire of Andrew Savage from McDermott in November
Promotions round matches 2025 and 2024’s 28-strong partner classes
Matthew Scully joins London disputes boutique alongside experienced former senior clerk Stephen Penson
Team includes A&O’s global real estate finance head David Oppenheimer
Latest intake matches last year’s round, though the number of female promotions falls by half to two
A&O Shearman, White & Case and Orrick have all parted company with seasoned practitioners
Kirsty Brimelow KC succeeds Barbara Mills KC as UK and Ireland’s ‘Four Bars’ unite to oppose plan to curtail juries
First woman of colour to lead society and Linklaters’ global managing partner among array of lawyers and judges to receive awards
Laura Halonen and Andrew Mackenzie succeed Christine Falcicchio and Cherine Foty, who have led the CGA since 2020
Charles Adams will begin his second term at the start of May next year
Winston & Strawn’s Stephen D’Amore and Taylor Wessing UK’s Shane Gleghorn explain why they have pinned their firms’ destinies together
Reforms ‘fly in the face of the government’s own growth agenda’, claims society president Mark Evans
Landmark ruling is a significant moment for the UK’s collective actions regime
Hilton Mervis has devised a mechanism allowing unpaid court judgments to be converted into arbitral awards
'Largest law firm combination in history' ends speculation about future direction of New York-based Cadwalader