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Reed Smith hires Bird & Bird’s Middle East head in regional growth push
Anders Nilsson joins the US firm as a partner in Abu Dhabi
Paul Hastings rebuilds London tax bench with partner hires
Firm hires Jenny Doak from Weil and former Cadwalader lawyer Catherine Richardson just weeks after two senior tax partners defected to White & Case
Quinn Emanuel adds disputes heavyweight in London from McDermott
Andrew Savage founded McDermott’s London commercial disputes team
Lord Goldsmith leaves Debevoise to return to the Bar
Former Attorney General to rejoin Fountain Court in January following retirement from Debevoise, where he co-leads the London office
Ropes & Gray PE partner duo exit in London
Dan Oates and Angela Becker to join Akin according to reports, following other senior defections from Ropes’ London PE team this year
IBA Toronto 2025: Global institutions push back on Trump’s rule of law assault
Organisations such as NATO and the Council of Europe are stepping in as the Trump administration attempts to upend the norms of international justice, argue panellists at the International Bar Association's annual conference
IBA Toronto 2025: Trump presents ‘intolerable risk’ to US democracy
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward, who helped uncover the Watergate scandal, accuses President Trump of "shredding the rule of law" in far-ranging discussion at the IBA's annual conference in Toronto
Cozen O’Connor grows in Midwest through merger with 50-lawyer Minneapolis firm
Tie-up with Moss & Barnett a “major step” in Cozen’s plan to expand transactional and commercial practices across key Midwest markets
Mishcon de Reya opens two UAE offices, obtains licence for Hong Kong
Firm cites increasing flow of capital, business and family interests in Middle East as it launches in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
McDermott recruits financial disputes partner in London from Arnold & Porter
Hilton Mervis brings leading reputation in representing private equity firms and hedge funds
AI takes over from talent attraction as legal profession’s top priority, research finds
New report to be published tomorrow at the International Bar Association’s annual conference also highlights growing challenges of political uncertainty and threats to judicial independence
Independent law firms assert global influence, new report finds
Independent firms are thriving by making the most of their agility and networks, according to report launched at IBA's annual conference in Toronto
IBA opens annual conference with fervent defence of the rule of law
More than 5,000 delegates attend conference, held this year in Toronto, as keynote address highlights gap between values the international community articulates and those it enforces
Morgan Lewis debuts in Saudi Arabia with hires from A&O Shearman, Al Tamimi
Former A&O Shearman Riyadh co-lead to spearhead launch of six-lawyer office, the latest in a procession of Saudi openings by international law firms
Taylor Wessing to ‘decouple’ from Hong Kong office
Office will relaunch as independent firm H.M. Chan & Co