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Arbitration services group opens for business in London and Washington DC
Arbitra signs up 18 arbitrators at launch covering array of key jurisdictions
Ashurst boosts global markets practice with derivatives partner hire from Crowell & Moring
Julia Lu joins in New York, following the recent hire of securities lawyer Lloyd Harmetz from MoFo
Kingsley Napley sets out September office return as it moves to new London home
Top 100 UK firm abandons designated offices under flexible plan for Shoreditch headquarters
Mayer Brown builds Hong Kong corporate and securities offering with partner hires
Four partners join from K&L Gates and EY’s Hong Kong legal arm, along with four lawyers
Fieldfisher posts 22% jump in PEP against 6% revenue growth
UK results season gathers pace with top 30 UK firm recording eighth successive year of revenue growth
Appointments: leadership change at Harneys; Russell Cooke's charities team adds partner
Round-up also features Jones Day, CMS, Mayer Brown, Hugh James and Eversheds Sutherland
Chinese outbound M&A fuels 82% jump in Asia Pacific H1 deal value
Skadden tops Mergermarket's league tables by value, with India's AZB & Partners leading the pack for volume
Law firm network TerraLex names first CEO
Terri Pepper Gavulic has been elected to lead the 19,000-lawyer strong network
Simpson Thacher outpaces White & Case and Sullivan & Cromwell to lead US M&A rankings
US M&A surge accounted for more than half of global total in 1H21, according to Mergermarket
US legal eDiscovery platform IPRO acquires Dutch legal hold business ZyLAB
Deal will enable IPRO to expand footprint into Europe and the UK
Linklaters rolls out workplace wellbeing app to UK staff
AI-powered platform accompanied by £300 allowance for mental health-related tools
Around the house: legal leaders arrive at Rio Tinto and TikTok
This week's crop of top in-house hires also sees Ofgem, FalconX and Sinagporean VC fund Tanglin Venture Partners name new GCs
Ford appoints former Obama administration lawyer as new GC and chief policy officer
Steven Croley set to join the automaker this month from Latham & Watkins
Jenner & Block launch culture risk practice as corporate clients face new kinds of crisis
New group aimed at advising those accused of having a toxic work environment
K&L Gates combines with Luxembourg’s Volckrick & Associates in latest European expansion
Deal sees three Volckrick lawyers join the US firm, with Mathieu Volckrick leading the Luxembourg office