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Baker Botts to end physical presence in Asia with Hong Kong office closure
Move follows US law firm shuttering its Beijing office last year
Cooley partners with Tech Nation for D&I programme aimed at black entrepreneurs
'First-of-its-kind' scheme offers guidance to early-stage UK tech startups with at least one Black or multiracial with Black heritage founder
BonelliErede sets up dedicated ESG group as sustainability issues rise
Milan-based firm’s ESG team will be led by 12 partners across a range of practices
HFW boosts Australia construction offering with Herbert Smith Freehills hire
Michael Debney latest to join firm's construction team in Australia
Kirkland shortens equity partner track to reward best talent in record deal markets
Salaried partners given earlier chance to make coveted equity status in latest reflection of hyper-competitive market for talent
Arent Fox and Schiff Hardin announce merger to create firm with revenue of more than $500m
Combined firm to house more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals and rank among US top 100 by revenue
Spain's Pérez-Llorca adds senior government lawyer for Brussels opening
Sonsoles Centeno joins from EU's Ministry of Justice to spearhead office launch
Hogan Lovells taps Watson Farley & Williams for corporate M&A team in Germany
Hires include WFW Frankfurt office head Torsten Rosenboom and fellow partner Christoph Naumann
All change at the top at Hausfeld as founder steps down
Women take UK and US managing partner roles as firm’s co-chairs step up to replace Michael Hausfeld
Greenberg Traurig hires seven-lawyer group to replenish real estate ranks in Warsaw
Team from Dentons features in haul following recent loss of 10 property lawyers to CMS
Baker McKenzie turns to Paris-based global projects head as it rebuilds Africa leadership team
Global firm appoints new Africa chief following controversy over leadership of Johannesburg arm
Slaughter and May raids Freshfields to secure first COO
Move completes modernisation of Magic Circle UK firm's management structure following election of first managing partner
BP unveils trimmed-down roster of 26 panel firms as it seeks to 'consolidate external spend'
Some 26 firms appointed globally following competitive tender that assessed candidates' D&I and energy transition capabilities
Almost one-in-three UK law firms actively considering stock exchange listing, survey finds
Some 31% of firms eyeing potential share sale at some point in the next 12-18 months, according to Habour
Sidley hires former FINRA market regulation enforcement head as a partner in New York
Lara Thyagarajan is the latest in a trio of recent Sidley hires from US financial regulatory agencies