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PwC Australia NewLaw partners with Checkbox to enhance legaltech offering
Agreement gives PwC Australia customers access to Checkbox’s workflow automation platform
Knights reports first-half revenue growth as acquisition strategy poised to continue
Firm said recent £60m credit line will help it to ‘selectively execute’ on M&A pipeline
Leading offshore arbitration centre announces more eco-friendly rules
Measures including provisions for remote hearings feature in BVI International Arbitration Centre's 2021 rules update
Simpson Thacher and Weil unveil bumper New York-focused partner promotion rounds
Amid surging deal activity, Weil promotes record-breaking 26 partners; Simpson Thacher elevates 31
Hogan Lovells secures first partner lateral in Johannesburg since 2019 office relaunch
Senior corporate hire from Pinsent Masons helps rebuild presence following split with Routledge Modise
King & Spalding taps Skadden for ‘rising star’ M&A specialist to expand Singapore corporate practice
Parveet Singh Gandoak brings cross-border deals experience across Southeast Asia and India
Sullivan leads global M&A ranking from Latham and Kirkland as deals smash through $5tr barrier
US firms dominate global ranking with domestic deals accounting for almost half of record-breaking worldwide activity, according to Refinitiv
Matheson hires senior lawyers from KPMG and Accenture as it targets tech transformation work
Recruits also arrive from A&L Goodbody and DLA Piper adding three partners and a counsel across firm's Dublin and London offices
German independent Gleiss Lutz to open London office
Stuttgart-headquartered national firm's London team will focus on antitrust, restructuring and M&A
McCann Fitzgerald becomes an LLP as it elects new managing partner
Irish firm latest of Big Seven to change legal status; Stephen Holst set to take over next April from Barry Devereux
Squire Patton Boggs boosts Africa arbitration practice with partner hire in London
Africa-focused disputes specialist Timi Balogun joins Squire after six years at Curtis Mallet Prevost Colt & Mosle
Raft of Chicago IP firms add DEI efforts to billable hours
Quintet made up of Leydig Voit & Mayer, Loeb & Loeb, Marshall Gerstein & Borun, McAndrews Held & Malloy and McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff
Mayer Brown promotes 39 lawyers to partner in bumper US-focused round
Chicago firm joins host of rivals swelling partner ranks amid surging work volumes
RPC launches accelerator programme for global ESG-focused tech companies
RPC Tectonic to offer up to £100,000 worth of legal advice to early- and mid-stage startups along with mentoring and networking opportunities
Sidley introduces leadership-oriented career development track for associates
Chicago firm's new programme includes paid-for access to external MBA-level executive leadership training and opportunity to earn new enhanced job titles