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Baker McKenzie completes 2022 partner promotions with 52-strong international round
Summer tally follows 23 North America appointments in January with the overall proportion of women rising incrementally to 37%
M&A boom sees in-house teams almost double deal-related legal spend
Transaction advice represents 7.4% of all legal billing in 2021, up from 4.3% a year earlier
BT announces multi-year expanded partnership with managed legal services provider Factor
Agreement includes increased deployment of ‘empowered negotiators’ with remit to take on more complex work
Eaton promotes new CLO from within as former head departs for Intel
Taras Szmagala takes top legal job after 15 years at the American-Irish power management giant
More than a dozen Am Law 100 firms commit to covering travel for out-of-state abortion care
Some 76 Am Law 100 firms have offices in states that have banned or restricted abortions, Above The Law research shows
BCLP secures real estate and insolvency partner quartet in Frankfurt from DLA Piper
German practice grows to 60 lawyers as firm targets further expansion in key market Germany
Morrison Foerster elects San Francisco M&A partner as new chair
Eric Takeshi McCrath will be the firm’s first ethnically diverse chair when he replaces Larren Nashelsky in October
UK law societies' Brussels office to close in response to Brexit
Move blamed on falling workload now UK has third country status with EU
Women in law don’t see pay equality happening in their working lives, UK study finds
Almost two-thirds of women say senior management at their firms aren’t prioritising gender pay
New York dominates as Debevoise & Plimpton promotes eight to partnership
Women account for 38% of the promotions, just under the firm’s 40% long-term average
Quinn Emanuel files $80bn damages claim for Ukraine over Russian invasion
US disputes specialist teams up with Ukrainian firm and UK barristers to launch Strasbourg proceedings
Star appellate attorneys quit Kirkland after Supreme Court gun victory
Duo to form boutique following Chicago giant’s decision to drop Second Amendment cases
Latham & Watkins hires WilmerHale’s former international arbitration head in New York
John Pierce will co-chair Latham’s international arbitration practice alongside Fernando Mantilla-Serrano
Ashurst to open in Texas as it targets US projects work
Third US office sets out to tap market opportunities fuelled by investment in infrastructure
US push helps Kennedys post 8% revenue rise
Global turnover hits £286m for FY2021/22, buoyed by 24% hike in North America