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Foley hires IP litigation team for Salt Lake City opening
New office intended to strengthen firm's tech and life sciences offering in growing startup hub
Longtime Paul Hastings chairman to step down after two decades in the role
Seth Zachary will be succeeded by New York-based leveraged finance partner Frank Lopez in October 2022
White & Case promotes largest partner class ever in EMEA-focused round
More than half of the New York firm's latest promotions were made across its EMEA offices
US law firms push for partial office returns in coming weeks despite delays and Delta fears
Wall Street's Cravath Swaine & Moore to make 'soft return', Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin set November dates
White & Case makes triple hire from Dechert to boost London private equity team
Ross Allardice, Mark Evans and Tony Brown re-join the firm from US rival Dechert amid a global private equity-backed M&A activity boom
Arbitration services group Arbitra expands team with six new members
New arrivals join 18-strong founding member team put together by London arbitration community figurehead Owen Lawrence in July
Former Duane Morris cannabis group co-lead sets up industry-focused boutique
David Feldman launches Feldman Legal Advisors in New York to focus on the cannabis and psychedelics markets
Top antitrust team heads to Willkie Farr from Quinn Emanuel in London
Quinn’s UK competition litigation practice co-lead among group of partners and associates making the move
Kirkland & Ellis raids Linklaters for financial regulation partner in London
Julia Dixon becomes latest UK Magic Circle partner to depart for a top US firm on home turf
In-house compensation rises for small legal department GCs, study finds
Median base salaries rose almost 8% this year, according to ACC and Empsight survey
Clifford Chance, Baker McKenzie and Chiomenti among array of top legal brands represented at marketing summit
Leading experts across variety disciplines to debate post-pandemic recovery, ESG, internal communications and brand authenticity
Freshfields celebrates landmark New York M&A partner hire from Cravath
Arrival of Damien Zoubek builds on UK Magic Circle firm's launch of a Silicon Valley office last year
The road to nowhere: the Delta variant and war for talent force US firms to delay office return plans
Some firms now eyeing Q1 2022 after postponing plans to go back to the office this month
Current taps Shopify legal leader as first-ever general counsel
Digital banking startup reached unicorn status with $220m Series D funding round in April
Bakers names co-founders for data science and machine learning venture
Global firm secures senior executive from Elevate to lead partnership with New York AI platform SparkBeyond