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RPC elects financial services litigator Simon Hart as senior partner
Hart succeeds Oliver Bray, whose six-year tenure concludes at the end of April
Kavanagh wins second term as HFW senior partner
Giles Kavanagh to begin second four-year term this April having overseen revenue growth of more than 20% since 2022
Morgan Lewis names employment chief McManus as next chair
David McManus to succeed veteran leader Jami McKeon in October
Weil names successor to longtime leader Wolf
Ramona Nee to succeed Barry Wolf as executive partner at the start of 2027 as Jonathon Soler becomes sole managing partner
Paul Weiss names M&A co-head as new corporate chief
Angelo Bonvino steps in after predecessor Scott Barshay took over as chair of Wall Street firm from Brad Karp earlier this month
Karp stands down as Paul Weiss chairman after Epstein emails
Dealmaker Scott Barshay takes the helm after emails reveal extent of Brad Karp’s ties with convicted sex offender
Mishcon de Reya unveils new leadership team
Employment chair Daniel Naftalin named next managing partner as Johanna Walsh and Daniel Levy appointed as executive partners
Norton Rose Fulbright appoints Peter Scott as EMEAPAC managing partner for third term
Scott was first elected as EMEA managing partner in 2020 and again in 2023, with the role now also covering the Asia Pacific region
Clifford Chance elects Adams for second term as global managing partner
Charles Adams will begin his second term at the start of May next year
DAC Beachcroft appoints new senior partner
Bristol location head Ben Daniels to succeed longtime leader Virginia Clegg next year
Osborne Clarke appoints new senior partner for UK LLP
Bristol office head Lara Burch to take helm on 1 January 2026, succeeding Peter Clough
‘It’s a scale game now’: Ashurst has finally ended its decades-long search for a willing US merger partner
Victoria Basham assesses the prospects of the third substantial transatlantic law firm merger deal to be unveiled in less than three years
Taylor Wessing to ‘decouple’ from Hong Kong office
Office will relaunch as independent firm H.M. Chan & Co
CMS appoints infrastructure and energy disputes co-head as next UK managing partner
Adrian Bell will replace oil and gas specialist Stephen Millar in April next year
Top executives from A&O Shearman, Baker McKenzie, Gibson Dunn and White & Case to speak at Law Firm Marketing Summit
London conference chaired by BCLP’s Alessandra Almeida Jones will address growth in ‘Age of Chaos’