Law Firm Leadership and Strategy
Patrick Allen to retire after 48 years leading London’s Hodge Jones & Allen
Top personal injury lawyer is known for taking on high-profile multiparty actions
Fieldfisher names new senior partner
Litigator and MENA head Viven Davies to take up role on 1 April as Fieldfisher moves to become Europe’s leading law firm
Reed Smith appoints chief marketing and business development officer
Top 40 US firm says Gillian Ward’s role has been redefined to reflect focus on BD
Slaughter and May names successor to first managing partner Finkler
Slaughters lifer David Johnson to take over from Deborah Finkler in August
CM Murray launches regulatory practice with London partner hire
Nick Leale was previously a partner at Armstrong Teasdale’s defunct London office and head of regulatory at Blake Morgan
Burges Salmon names successor to senior partner Seaton
Renewables boss Ross Fairley to succeed Chris Seaton in May
McDermott refreshes antitrust leadership with trio of appointments
Ryan Tisch, Jon Dubrow and Christian Krohs replace veteran partner Ray Jacobsen
RPC names successor to managing partner Miller
Litigator Antony Sassi to take helm in May following James Miller’s eight years in the role
Jaime Carey becomes first Chilean to take office as IBA president
Carey will split two-year term with Italy’s Claudio Visco after IBA approved first joint presidency
Reed Smith appoints successor to London managing partner Jenkinson
Brigid North takes helm following Andrew Jenkinson’s decade in post
Gibson Dunn names new London co-managing partners
Robert Carr and Osma Hudda replace Ali Nikpay and Penny Madden KC
‘It’s always good to close a deal’: Mike Francies bows out after 26 years at Weil in London
Top corporate lawyer reflects on shaping Weil’s City practice, the rise of private equity, and passing the torch to new leadership.
Clifford Chance names Chinwe Odimba-Chapman as London managing partner in landmark appointment
First black woman to lead London office will also co-lead European arm
Kennedys elects successor to longstanding senior partner Thomas
John Bruce takes the helm at UK insurance specialist following Nick Thomas’s 27 year-tenure
‘Early adopters of Gen AI research tools have reported measurable productivity gains’
Mathieu Balzarini, LexisNexis’s vice president of product in the CEMEA region, says interest in Gen AI legal research tools ‘is both high and growing rapidly’
Travers Smith re-elects Edmund Reed for second term as managing partner
Appointment follows Travers ringing in record financial results in FY23/24
Independent law firms can stay competitive in race to adopt AI
Ethical AI policies allow law firms to harness AI's benefits while mitigating risks
The five key criteria for evaluating legal AI products
LexisNexis buyer's guide sets out to separate fact from fiction when assessing legal Gen AI platforms
Pinsent Masons recruits from Barclays for firm’s first transformation director
Neil Green’s arrival follows hiring of chief technology officer Tracey McDermott earlier in the year
New York via Sydney: Herbert Smith Freehills’ unique transatlantic merger play
HSF’s deal to merge with Kramer Levin provides Anglo-Australian firm with an unusual path into the US market
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