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Litigation giant 'expands formal leadership' with appointment of two co-managing partners to help run firm

James Esterkin re-joins the firm five years after he left for Chicago-based rival in 2017

Melvin Sng named office’s first senior partner while Jonathan Horan succeeds Christopher Bradley as national managing partner

Drive by major US corporates to boost diversity bearing fruit as the remit of GCs also broadens, research finds

Adrianus Schoorl joins fintech with more than 25 years of financial regulatory experience in Europe, the Middle East and North America

Series C round will help the US legaltech start-up accelerate its global growth plans

Freshfields also advises on high-profile transaction with Singapore-based blank check company

UK-based firm takes advantage of flexible working regime to reduce footprint by 25%

Leading figures from Prada, Valentino, Net-a-Porter, Bremont and Cipriani all feature in speaker line-up

Partner Allison Wein is the second dealmaker to leave Cravath in the last eight months

Deal marks Pfizer's largest acquisition since it bought cancer drug company Medivation for $14bn in 2016

Acquisition takes McColl's out of administration and saves 16,000 UK jobs and 1,160 stores nationwide

Deal adds contract lifecycle management tools to its legal spend and matter management capabilities

Move follows similar announcements by rivals including Freshfields and Stephenson Harwood

Cost of internal investigations also increasing, particularly for large organisations, according to Kroll