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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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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

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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’

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Withers names successor to longstanding CEO Robertson

Ceri Vokes set to take over 1 July 2026 from Margaret Robertson, who has led the firm for nearly 25 years

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Willkie names private equity leader as new joint chair

Jeffrey Poss to succeed longtime chair Thomas Cerabino at the start of 2027

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Dentons appoints UK banking partner as global chair to help lead ‘next phase’ of development

Susan Kelly to take up non-executive role alongside recently appointed CEO Kate Barton

  • 9mos

Gibson Dunn names international arbitration co-chair as head of new Zurich office

Christopher Harris KC, who joined the firm in July, is appointed partner in charge of the office

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Shoosmiths taps former DLA Piper leader as advisor

Simon Levine joins UK-headquartered firm’s board to shape its international growth and drive innovation

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Pogust Goodhead appoints new board members in leadership shake-up

Former Dentons CEO among trio of new directors added to class action firm’s board amid media reports chief executive Tom Goodhead has been replaced

  • 10mos
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