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• US Law firms stealing limelight from UK rivals in Hong Kong

  Apr 13 2012 Over the past two years, numerous US law firms have entered the market in Hong Kong and recruited top talent from their UK rivals, and now they are starting to see... more

• NZ law firms unlikely to follow Australian firms down merger path

  Mar 30 2012 New Zealand law firms are unlikely to follow the lead of their neighbour Australia when it comes to forming alliances with large British or American law firms,... more

• Affirmative action considered for Britain's judiciary

  Mar 30 2012 A new affirmative action measure is being considered as a means to increase diversity in the British judiciary. The influential Joint Constitution Committee is... more

• UK firm Watson, Farley & Williams enters Hong Kong with local alliance

  Mar 12 2012 British firm Watson, Farley & Williams has launched a presence in Hong Kong after concluding the terms of an alliance with local firm Lau, Leong & Co. The new officee... more

• Linklaters reportedly in negotiations for alliance with Australian firm

  Mar 06 2012 International law firms have demonstrated considerable interest in the Australian legal market in recent months, with most of Australia’s largest law firms merging or... more

• US firms in Hong Kong attract top talent with big money

  Feb 08 2012 The legal services market in Hong Kong has long been dominated by British firms, but US law firms are now a potent force, attracting top talent by offer larger... more

• Australian law firm Slater & Gordon buys British firm Russell Jones & Walker

  Jan 31 2012 Australian law firm Slater & Gordon has concluded a deal for the takeover of British firm Russell Jones & Walker for $80 million. The deal, which is still subject to... more

• British government cuts spend on external legal advisors by 36%

  Jan 29 2012 An account of the British government’s spending on legal services has shown a drop in the amount spent on external advisers, which was a third less than last year.... more

• Merger negotiations between Alllen & Gledhill and A&O pose questions for future of profession in Singapore

  Nov 30 2011 As Allen & Gledhill, Singapore's leading corporate law firm continues its courtship with British giant Allen & Overy, many in the industry are asking what a merger... more

• Will British legal education be left behind?

  Oct 21 2011 Here is an interesting article about the relative strength in the market for British legal education. The article points out that London the world's top... more

• British Justice Minister investigated for conflict of interest

  Oct 17 2011 Deep cuts to the British Legal Aid budget have attracted significant controversy, and now more fuel has been added to the fire with accusations that British Justice... more

• Consolidation in the legal market - mergers on the up

  Oct 04 2011 Law firm mergers are on the increase in the US, with 14 acquisitions in the third quarter of this year – up 79 per cent compared to the third quarter of 2010. The... more

• British Justice Secretary vows to make the case against protectionist regulations on behalf of UK law firms

  Sep 27 2011 The British Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke expressed his enthusiam last week for the nation’s legal industry, pointing out that the legal sector is one of the most... more

• Ashurst set to merge with Australian firm Blake Dawson

  Sep 27 2011 British firm Ashurst has announced plans to form an alliance with one of Australia's biggest law firms, Blake Dawson. The firms will merge their Asian practices in... more

• Scottish and British law firms in formal merger negotiations

  Sep 23 2011 Scottish law firm Dundas & Wilson and British firm Bircham Dyson Bell have confirmed that they are considering a merger which, if it went ahead, would create a 130... more

• British firm Speechly Bircham opens in Luxembourg and Zurich

  Jun 06 2011 British firm Speechly Bircham is set to launch its first international offices, opening its doors in both Luxembourg and Zurich. The Luxembourg office will be led... more

• Cambridge University tops UK law school rankings

  May 26 2011 The Guardian’s annual rankings for British law faculties have put Cambridge University at the top of the list with a score of 100/100 pushing Oxford into second place... more

• Lawyers protest deregulation of UK legal industry

  Sep 23 2010 A protest outside London’s High Court yesterday saw lawyers handing out cans of baked beans branded with the slogan “Legal services by supermarkets is as ridiculous as... more

• Britain's top 100 firms see revenues rise by 5%

  Sep 23 2010 According to latest figures, Britain’s 100 biggest law firms saw revenue increase by an average of 5 per cent for the last quarter, despite continued uncertainty in... more

• UK regional law firms take drastic steps to avoid further job cuts

  Jul 21 2009 Regional law firms in the UK are suffering even more severely from the economic downturn than their London competitors. Several major regional firms are imposing... more

• Maddie judge wants to speak to media

  Sep 18 2007 The judge in charge of the case of missing British girl Madeleine McCann has sought permission to speak publicly about the investigation, the Portuguese press reported... more