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BCLP appoints corporate specialist as next UK managing partner

Jinal Shah will take over from senior partner-elect Segun Osuntokun in January

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Stuttgart, Germany - 02-28-2021: Mobile phone with logo of Norwegian e-commerce company Adevinta ASA on screen in front of web page with portfolio. Focus on center of phone display. Unmodified photo.

Freshfields and Skadden shepherd eBay-backed Adevinta’s €14bn take private

Wachtell, Clifford Chance and Cleary also among firms called in for one of Europe’s biggest buyouts this year

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‘Aspiring for an inclusive culture is a permanent campaign’

‘Aspiring for an inclusive culture is a permanent campaign’

IBA’s diversity and inclusion toolkit welcomed as ‘terrific resource’ for committed law firm leaders

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The speakers at the launch of the IBA tookkit in Paris

‘Flexibility, adaptability and the ability to drive incremental change’ – IBA launches D&I toolkit

Free resource aims to help firms develop and implement diversity and inclusion plans

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Stuttgart, Germany - 10-17-2023: Person holding mobile phone with logo of European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in front of web page. Focus on phone display. Unmodified photo.

EUIPO mediation centre launched

Service aims to settle IP disputes in a single process avoiding the expense and complexity of litigation

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Linklaters adds Norton Rose Fulbright partner to launch global risk advisory practice

Linklaters adds Norton Rose Fulbright partner to launch global risk advisory practice

Jane Caskey joins in London just days after cybersecurity partner duo left NRF for Allen & Overy

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks.

US creates design patent practitioner bar as applications rise

USPTO seeks to encourage “broader participation” in bar

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awyer David Boies & wife Mary Boies attend the Time 100 Gala for Most Influential People in the World at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center on April 29, 2014 in New York City.

David Boies to stand down as chair of Boies Schiller Flexner

Partners to vote on succession next month; renowned litigator to stay on as a partner

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Winston & Strawn appoints four partners to new senior leadership roles

Winston & Strawn appoints four partners to new senior leadership roles

London and US partners to work with chair elect Steve D’Amore in areas including talent retention and international expansion

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HFW adds 20-strong team in Australia and China from MinterEllison

HFW adds 20-strong team in Australia and China from MinterEllison

Five partners join with core team to bolster HFW’s corporate, projects and regulatory offering in the region

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A plan view of used UK banknotes.

Slaughter and May ups NQ pay to £125k

Nine percent pay bump sees Slaughters match Magic Circle rivals

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Mayer Brown makes up 42 to partnership in banking and finance-focused round

Mayer Brown makes up 42 to partnership in banking and finance-focused round

Proportion of women falls from more than half in 2022 to 47% this time

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Around the house: Fox Corp names replacement for outgoing legal chief, Campbell’s elevates deputy to GC role

Around the house: Fox Corp names replacement for outgoing legal chief, Campbell’s elevates deputy to GC role

This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Tegna, Vox Media, Divert and Hipgnosis Song Management

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White & Case's London office, the front entrance taken from the opposite side of the road

White & Case announces 42-lawyer partner promotion class

Cohort edges down from 46 last year with proportion of women slipping from 52% to 36%

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Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills steer Mars’ £534m Hotel Chocolat acquisition

Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills steer Mars’ £534m Hotel Chocolat acquisition

Freshfields acts for longtime client Mars as HSF counsels AIM-listed Hotel Chocolat

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