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Bird & Bird re-elects Bartsch for second CEO term

Christian Bartsch to lead tech-focused firm for another four years as it aims to hit €1bn in revenue by 2029

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Squire Patton Boggs names Andrew Wilkinson as next European managing partner

London IP partner to replace Leeds-based Jonathan Jones, who is standing down after six years in the role

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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

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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

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Morgan Lewis names employment chief McManus as next chair

David McManus to succeed veteran leader Jami McKeon in October

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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DAC Beachcroft appoints new senior partner

Bristol location head Ben Daniels to succeed longtime leader Virginia Clegg next year

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Osborne Clarke appoints new senior partner for UK LLP

Bristol office head Lara Burch to take helm on 1 January 2026, succeeding Peter Clough

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‘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

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Taylor Wessing to ‘decouple’ from Hong Kong office

Office will relaunch as independent firm H.M. Chan & Co

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