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PwC adds lawyers from several firms to boost UK legal real estate offering
Suzanne Nethway joins from Osborne Clarke to head team along with four other lawyers as part of Big Four giant's push into legal
Majority of UK public would join a class action – even if awareness of them remains low
Support for group claims comes despite lingering suspicion over perceived US ‘import’ into UK legal system, study finds
Law Society backs calls for step-change in socio-economic diversity of professional services by 2030
Report calls for half of senior financial and professional services sector leadership to come from a non-professional background by 2030
Cooley lays off 150 lawyers and staff in response to 'unexpected economic downturn'
Seventy-eight attorneys affected across US network as CEO blames ‘aggressive hiring’ during boom
Brown Rudnick adds Fieldfisher partner in London to lead UK and European IP team
David Knight’s hire comes just days after Brown Rudnick’s former UK/Europe IP lead departed with team to launch Morrison Foerster’s UK contentious IP practice
Dechert names successors to chair Levander as it rings in new global leadership team
Corporate partners David Forti and Mark Thierfelder to serve as co-chairs; US firm also retires CEO role and announces first global managing partners
Willkie Farr hails Court of Appeal win as Mastercard suffers new setback in blockbuster UK consumer claim
Estates of three million deceased UK residents can form part of £14bn group action, court rules
DLA Piper associate recognised for spearheading pro bono project to advise Ukrainian refugees
Olivia Clark praises collaborative efforts of more than 300 lawyers from City of London law firms
Raft of top firms called in as Royal Bank of Canada buys HSBC Canada in ‘once in a generation’ $13.5bn cash deal
Allen & Overy, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz among those acting for RBC as Linklaters advises HSBC’s Canada arm
Herbert Smith Freehills names UK ECM lead next joint corporate managing partner
HSF stalwart Mike Flockhart to succeed Stephen Wilkinson on 1 December
Ashurst to launch in Korea after striking first ever joint venture deal
JV with HwaHyun hands Anglo Australian firm unique ability to practise local law
DLA Piper underlines Africa ambition with projects partner hire from Watson Farley & Williams
Former Clifford Chance Africa group director moves on after three-and-a-half years at Watson Farley
MoFo targets London contentious IP work with four-strong team hire from Brown Rudnick
Team's arrival comes hard on heels of acquisition of West Coast IP boutique Durie Tangri
Allen & Overy boosts leveraged finance bench with partner hire from Shearman & Sterling
US-qualified high yield specialist Marwa Elborai joins in London after more than 15 years at US rival
White & Case legacy team joins local boutique in Slovakia
Five-strong team including two partners joins Hillbridges from White & Case’s Slovakian spin off Aldertree