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• Berrymans Lace Mawer elects new senior partner

  Mar 26 2012 Berrymans Lace Mawer has elected Mike Brown to the role of senior partner, taking over from Terry Renouf, who will return to fee-earning in the London insurance... more

• Clifford Chance elects two to partnership council

  Mar 01 2012 Clifford Chance has elected two new partners to its partnership council, elevating Italy banking head Giuseppe De Palma and Dubai banking partner Robin Abraham to... more

• Baker Botts elects new managing partner

  Feb 08 2012 Baker Botts has elected Andrew M. Baker as the firm’s managing partner. Baker will succeed Walter J. Smith, who has served in the role since March 2002. Baker said:... more

• A&O re-elects its senior and managing partners

  Jan 15 2012 Allen & Overy has reappointed its senior and managing partners for another term after uncontested elections. Senior partner David Morley and managing partner Wim... more

• Three partners vie for role as global head of banking at Linklaters

  Jul 04 2011 Three partners have thrown their hats into the ring as Linklaters prepares to elect a new global head of banking to succeed Robert Elliott when his tenure ends in... more

• Veteran lawyer quits Simmons after losing election race for Senior Partner role

  Jul 01 2011 The former Managing Partner at Simmons & Simmons, Mark Dawkins, has left the firm US litigation boutique Bingham McCutcheon after losing in an election for the role of... more

• Indian Supreme Court Bar Association election under challenge

  May 31 2011 The recently held Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election has been challenged in the Delhi High Court by a group of advocates. The election has been... more

• Indian Supreme Court Bar Association elects Parekh as president

  May 17 2011 Senior Advocate P.H. Parekh has been elected as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) defeating two other candidates. Parekh polled 757 votes,... more

• Simmons elects London lawyer Colin Passmore as Senior Partner

  Apr 29 2011 The partnership at Simmons & Simmons voted to elect London litigator Colin Passmore as senior partner. Passmore came in ahead of his rival, outgoing managing partner... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell elects new managing partner

  Apr 12 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has announced the election of Thomas J. Reid to the role of managing partner. Reid is currently head of the firm’s corporate department, and... more

• Slaughter and May elects practice heads and promotes five to partnership board

  Mar 31 2011 Slaughter and May has elected new heads for its financing and tax practices. Paul Stacey takes over the role as head of the financing practice, replacing outgoing head... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna to choose a new senior partner

  Mar 22 2011 CMS Cameron McKenna has entered the first voting round to elect a new senior partner, with four candidates in the running. The favorites for the role are managing... more

• New president for The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

  Jan 28 2011 Doug Jones AM, partner at Australian firm Clayton Utz, has been elected as the president of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The Institute is a global... more

• Tamil Nadu Bar Council Elections – Council seats up for sale for Rs. 19 lakh

  Jan 25 2011 Will the Tamil Nadu Bar Council elections be a democratic exercise? The elections are scheduled to take place on March 4, 2011 and candidates are actively campaigning... more

• Allen & Overy elect new management committee for global tax practice

  Nov 10 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the election of a new global head of tax. German partner Gottfried Breuninger will lead the tax management committee, assisted by two... more

• Legal network Lex Mundi appoints new Chair

  Oct 25 2010 Lex Mundi, a global association of independent law firms with 160 member law firms and 21,000 lawyers, has elected a new Chair – Houthoff Buruma partner Michiel... more

• SJ Berwin elects new managing partner

  Oct 22 2010 SJ Berwin has elected corporate partner Rob Day to the role of managing partner after a leadership vote that saw fellow corporate partner Perry Yam come in second.... more

• Baker & McKenzie re-elects managing partner

  May 20 2010 Baker & McKenzie has announced that Gary Senior has been elected for a third three-year term as managing partner of the firm’s London office. Senior told Law... more

• N.Y. Law Firms Wanna Be Just Like Obama

  Feb 08 2008 The New York Observer has answered a burning political question that never occurred to us, at least until now: “If the major presidential candidates were top New York... more