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Jones Day makes up 48 to partner in another bumper round
Latest promotions follow on from last December’s 50-strong crop
Diversity Lab programme sees 20 US law firms named 'inclusion champions'
Reed Smith and White & Case among those to score at least 70 out of 100 for their D&I efforts
Winston & Strawn builds Chicago litigation offering with McDermott partner duo
Co-chair of McDermott’s class action practice moves over along with product liability specialist
ALSPs capture just 2% of outsourced legal department work for ‘megamatters’, report finds
Billing data analysis suggests in-house teams should focus more on largest matters to achieve cost savings
Sidley adds 42 new partners in bumper round that leans towards litigators
Chicago firm’s litigation group sees 11 lawyers made up in round that is significantly larger than last year’s
ICC appoints co-chairs of new disability inclusion and international arbitration task force
King & Spalding associate Simon Maynard and Toronto-based independent arbitrator Todd Weiler are set to take the reins on the 'first-of-its-kind' initiative
Cravath becomes latest Wall Street firm to abandon lockstep pay model
Elite firm moves to modified lockstep two months after losing corporate partner to UK’s Freshfields in New York
Withers builds international art and fashion practice with London partner hire
Senior hires on both sides of the Atlantic also sees arrival of New York trust and estates specialist
Mediation has just become a more valuable international dispute resolution tool for US companies
The Singapore Convention makes mediated settlement agreements enforceable on a global scale, explain Ank Santens and Clemency Wang
Legaltech giant Epiq acquires Canadian ALSP Simplex to expand flexible resourcing platform
New York-based Epiq acquired Hyperion Global Partners last year and launched flexible resourcing arm Epiq Counsel in January
Whatever happened to those down under law firm recruitment roadshows?
A generation of lawyers from Australia and New Zealand cut their teeth in London, now they are more likely to go to New York
Kirkland shortens equity partner track to reward best talent in record deal markets
Salaried partners given earlier chance to make coveted equity status in latest reflection of hyper-competitive market for talent
Arent Fox and Schiff Hardin announce merger to create firm with revenue of more than $500m
Combined firm to house more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals and rank among US top 100 by revenue
All change at the top at Hausfeld as founder steps down
Women take UK and US managing partner roles as firm’s co-chairs step up to replace Michael Hausfeld
BP unveils trimmed-down roster of 26 panel firms as it seeks to 'consolidate external spend'
Some 26 firms appointed globally following competitive tender that assessed candidates' D&I and energy transition capabilities