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McDermott signals Asia reboot with hire of Squire Patton Boggs' Singapore co-head

Ignatius Hwang will initially join as a partner in London ahead of planned Singapore launch

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WFW hires Withers' Asia Pacific hotels and hospitality head to launch Sydney office

Robert Williams part of four-lawyer team that includes Singapore partner Lada Shelkovnikova

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Addleshaw Goddard unveils fifth cohort for its AG Elevate tech mentoring scheme

Eleven early-stage tech companies join the 10-month support and networking programme

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Crowell & Moring snaps up Wall Street financial services boutique Kibbe & Orbe

Deal sees 24 lawyers join Crowell, including 13 partners, in New York, London and Washington DC

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'Sometimes I pinch myself' - crown counsel's call for disadvantaged students to pursue law goes viral

South Atlantic-based prosecutor inspires with account of how he defied teacher's advice 'to set sights low'

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Level receives £20m venture capital backing to help finance family law disputes

Investment sees 1818 Venture Capital take equity stake in the litigation funder

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Mayer Brown advises on $1bn foundation to compensate descendants of slaves

Charity was founded by the GU272 Descendants Association and a group of Jesuits

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LinkSquares signs up DraftKings' GC to be first in-house lawyer 

Tim Parilla seeks out legaltech startup environment at Boston outfit he invested in

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Shearman hires Travers Smith London M&A head to boost global deals team

Phil Cheveley will lead Shearman's EMEA M&A practice alongside Laurence Levy

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Dentons becomes first global firm in Bolivia with Guevara & Gutiérrez combination

Deal is latest Andean combination following deal with Ecuador's Paz Horowitz earlier this month

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London international disputes boutiques combine to create fraud law 'champion'  

PCB Litigation and Byrne & Partners forge 15-partner firm with blessing of PCB's part-owner Burford Capital

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Cleary Gottlieb beefs up UK competition practice with Slaughters special adviser hire

Jackie Holland becomes latest UK lawyer to exit a magic circle firm for a US rival in London

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Mid-sized New York firm trumps Kirkland and Skadden in $77bn SPAC IPO bonanza

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole advises on 71 IPOs amid surge in SPAC issuance in 2021

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Orrick hires Morgan Lewis's San Francisco IP practice head in latest life sciences push

Gargi Talukder is the eighth partner to join the firm's life sciences platform since 2019

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Report reveals 'thriving' multi-billion dollar arbitration market in Australia

Minister calls on practitioners to seize opportunity to grow volume of cases

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