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DAC Beachcroft appoints new senior partner
Bristol location head Ben Daniels to succeed longtime leader Virginia Clegg next year
Gleiss Lutz appoints nine new partners in latest promotions round
Round includes a prevalence of lawyers in cross-border practice with a further four made up to counsel
Linklaters creates team of ‘AI lawyers’
Team of 20 will advise lawyers at the Magic Circle firm how to use AI in client work
UK insurance lawyers group FOIL elects Browne Jacobson partner as next president
Bridget Tatham to lead Forum of Insurance Lawyers for 2026, succeeding Keoghs partner Howard Dean
US firms eye $2.5tr fund finance opportunity amid spate of transatlantic hires
Ben Rigby discusses two key hires in the fund finance world by law firms in London and New York this week
Nominees unveiled for 2026 Women and Diversity in Law Awards
Fourth annual awards to take place in London on 28 April
Billionaire Steve Cohen’s New York Mets hires Kasowitz partner as next GC
Kenneth David replaces James Denniston as baseball team’s top lawyer
Gibson Dunn hits A&O Shearman for London disputes partner
Employment specialist Robbie Sinclair joins as US firm focuses on building City disputes bench alongside its already strong deals team
Solomon takes the helm at Littleton
Adam Solomon KC succeeds Mr Justice Mansfield as head of Littleton Chambers
Senior associates at UK firms have lower job satisfaction than other cohorts – study
Only 61% of senior associates are satisfied at work, compared to 75% of partners, according to a Chambers’ report
Weil makes up 17 in latest partner promotions round
Round dominated by New York firm’s 600-lawyer corporate practice as 57 also made up to counsel
Orrick adds M&A and private equity quartet from Norton Rose Fulbright in Munich
Team includes NRF’s German corporate, M&A and securities practice group head Michael Prüssner
‘We need to get on with it’: top Scottish law firms push for liberalisation of ownership rules
Coalition including Harper Macleod, MacDonald Henderson and Inksters say they are being held back
Raft of Big Law firms line up to match pacesetter Cravath’s associate bonuses
Milbank – a first-mover in recent years – among US firms dishing out up to $140,000
McDermott invests $10m in specialist legaltech fund
The LegalTech Fund has closed a $110m fund with backing from top 25 US firm as co-lead investor