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60% of companies hit by pandemic-fuelled counterfeiting rise, survey finds
Trademark association provides insight into how companies are working to address counterfeiting
Baker Hostetler adds eight lawyers to West Coast corporate team from AmLaw 100 rivals
Former M&A and securities practice leaders among arrivals from Proskauer Rose, Polsinelli and Kirkland & Ellis
Travers Smith senior partner to step down
Kathleen Russ to remain at London firm as a consultant after stepping down in June
Britvic taps Ocado for new GC as former legal chief heads to Whitbread
Mollie Stoker steps up to GC role after two years as deputy head at online grocery delivery business
Linklaters, Allen & Overy and Cravath called in for Deutsche Börse’s €3.9bn SimCorp acquisition
Covington & Burling also acts on German stock exchange operator's biggest acquisition to date alongside Germany's Hengeler Mueller and Danish firms Plesner and Kromann Reumert
Londongrad lives on: Russian claims in London's commercial courts at record high
Research underlines UK capital’s resilience as disputes centre with international litigants, led by Russians, outnumbering domestic parties, reports Ben Rigby
Partners take 100-plus lawyers from Lewis Brisbois for new employment spinoff
Am Law 100 firm’s employment team leaders defect to set up boutique, taking up to 140 lawyers with them
Rundle adds investigations insight to BCLP in London
Transatlantic firm seeks to draw on new recruit’s dual qualified status to grow cross-border practice
London International Disputes Week changes with confidence
LIDW will explore how the disputes community is adapting to a world that has changed dramatically since its 2019 launch, reports Ben Rigby
Allen & Overy adds corporate partner duo in Singapore from Baker McKenzie
Kenny Kwan and Caryn Ng join as magic circle firm moves to bolster its Asia-Pacific equity capital markets and public M&A offering
Kennedys makes up 20 partners with women in majority for a second year
Cohort sees UK firm’s global partner tally pass 300
Blank Rome adds international trade team in Washington DC from McDermott Will & Emery
Partners Joanne Osendarp and Eric Parnes join alongside seven more lawyers and trade advisors to bolster free trade agreements and trade disputes offering
Administrators sell Ince Group’s legal business to UK national firm AxiomDWFM
Sale comes two weeks after Ince Group lost backing of major creditor that sent firm into administration
DAC Beachcroft in talks with private equity firm to sell claims business
Sale of claims solutions group would see DAC Beachcroft halve its workforce
Holland & Knight adds 17-lawyer team in Mexico from Sánchez DeVanny
US firm hails ‘transformational moment’ for LatAm practice as seven partners and team bolster Mexico City and Monterrey offices