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Seyfarth elects first woman to lead firm
New York co-managing partner Lorie Almon to take over from Pete Miller next year
Former A&O partner launches business and human rights focused boutique in London
Suzanne Spears unveils Paxus amid rise in disputes and investigations involving human rights issues
McDermott bolsters Paris private equity offering with Dentons team hire
Partner Guillaume Panuel arrives with three associates, bringing key capabitlity to US firm’s PE offering in French capital
King & Spalding adds 24 new partners in corporate and disputes focused promotions round
Atlanta giant again focuses on home turf in round featuring 42% women
Unprecedented £600k ad campaign kicks off to promote £17bn UK consumer claim against Mastercard
Campaign in press and on social media follows Mastercard’s Court of Appeal defeat last week
Biotech unicorn Mammoth Biosciences adds new GC in California from Intuitive Surgical
Siang Chin joins biotech company co-founded by Nobel laureate as Mammoth’s former GC heads to Intuitive
Mourant expands into Luxembourg with local acquisition
Offshore firm follows up January acquisition of specialist accounting business with purchase of Luxembourg law firm LexField
K&L Gates adds corporate and funds partner trio in Sydney from national firm
James Lomie, Natalya Hards and Lisa Lautier arrive from HWL Ebsworth
Nigeria’s TEMPLARS marks international expansion with Ghana joint venture
Growing demand for services across West Africa sees TEMPLARS add team from Accra-based AMPEM Chambers to launch new firm
KPMG adds hundreds of lawyers across Southeast Asia from regional network
Deal sees more than 275 lawyers including around 80 partners join from ZICO Law amid Asia growth push
Clifford Chance elects new senior partner
City-based former global capital markets lead Adrian Cartwright to take over in January
Emerging markets boutique launches arbitration practice with partner hires in London and Paris
Projects and energy specialist Trinity International cites demand from clients caught up in disputes
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