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• Survey reveals instability in Indian legal services market

  May 17 2012 A new survey looking at the attitudes of lawyers in India has revealed significant instability in the legal services market, with just 15 per cent of lawyers saying... more

• Taylor Wessing shakes up leadership

  May 16 2012 Taylor Wessing has overhauled its management structure in an effort to introduce younger partners into the firm’s leadership. The firm’s trademark, copyright and... more

• Another partner leaves Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Mar 30 2012 The dramatic overhaul in the management structure at Dewey & LeBoeuf has not yet stemmed the flow of partners leaving the firm, with antitrust litigator lawyer Eamon... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf shakes up management team in response to stream of departures

  Mar 28 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf is changing its leadership strategy, with a plan to appoint London partner Stephen Horvath to a new role of executive partner. The plan proposes... more

• New website puts a powerful tool in the hands of managers and executives looking to upgrade their careers

  Mar 27 2012 A new website puts a powerful new tool in the hands of managers and executives looking to upgrade their careers. NextExecutive was designed to give managers and... more

• Another six partners depart from Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Mar 26 2012 There is surely some hand wringing going on in firm management at Dewey & LeBoeuf, as six more partners announce that they are leaving the firm. The departing... more

• UK firms should cut 5000 solicitor jobs, says report

  Mar 21 2012 A new report from the Royal Bank of Scotland claims that the UK legal market is suffering from substantial over-capacity, and is currently carrying over 5,000 excess... more

• Ashurst introduces quota for the number of women in management positions

  Oct 29 2011 Ashurst has announced the introduction of a quota for the number of women in management positions, and aims to increase the number of women in management posts from... more

• Two more senior departures from Ashurst

  Oct 12 2011 Ashurst will see two more senior departures from its litigation practice, with litigation chief Michael Madden leaving the firm and partner Wil Thorburn set to join JP... more

• AZB & Partners appoint new CEO

  Jul 05 2011 AZB & Partners has beefed up its management team with the appointment of senior partner Abhijit Joshi to the newly created chief executive officer (CEO) role. In the... more

• Addleshaw Goddard appoints four partners to unitary board

  Jun 23 2011 Addleshaw Goddard has appointed four partners to its new unitary board, which was created recently to streamline the management of the firm by combining the governance... more

• Forty redundancies at Addleshaw Goddard

  May 24 2011 Addleshaw Goddard has announced plans to make 40 redundancies in its business services division support staff, as part of a major restructure. The cuts follow reports... more

• Baker & McKenzie ranked largest US firm by headcount

  May 04 2011 Baker & McKenzie has come in as the largest of US law firms by head count, according to the The National Law Journal. This is the third year in a row that Bakers has... more

• Kelley Drye & Warren is back in LA after linking up with local firm

  Apr 07 2011 New York-based firm Kelley Drye & Warren has re-established a presence in LA after the acquisition of 15-lawyer Los Angeles boutique White O'Connor Fink & Brenner.... more

• Khaitan and Amarchand advise on Eton Park’s investment

  Feb 07 2011 Eton Park Capital Management LLP, a hedge fund based in the US has invested $125 million (Rs. 560 crore) for 10 percent equity stake in JSW Infrastructure Limited, for... more

• New global tax head for Freshfields

  Nov 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed London-based partner Colin Hargreaves as head of its global tax group. Hargreaves will take the role in January 2011,... more

• Lovells and Hogan reveal members of top-level management team

  Feb 08 2010 Lovells and Hogan & Hartson have finalised their top-level management team, naming the international management committee that will drive the combined firm's strategy.... more

• Clifford Chance to slash partnership council as part of management overhaul

  Jan 22 2010 Clifford Chance is planning to cut the membership of its partnership council by 40 per cent as part of a radical shake-up of its management structure. The change... more

• Ashurst revamps management board as Sparrow vacates seat

  Jan 14 2010 Ashurst has appointed corporate partner Anthony Clare as a new member of its nine-strong management board. Clare replaces litigation partner Ed Sparrow who has... more

• Herbert Smith changes Asia management and construction group chief

  Jan 09 2009 Herbert Smith has established two new regional management roles in Asia. Hong Kong corporate partner Andrew Tortoishell will become Greater China Managing Partner,... more

• Linklaters revamps Middle East management

  Jul 11 2008 Linklaters has overhauled its Middle East leadership team bringing in Milan co-managing partner Sarosh Mewawalla as Dubai managing partner and finance practice head.... more

• Former Linklaters chief Angel joins S&P management

  Jun 11 2008 Linklaters former managing partner Tony Angel has taken on the role of executive managing director of financial market intelligence provider Standard & Poor's (S&P). more

• Lawyer Gill Switalski seeks £19m after losing her job in sex bias ordeal

  Apr 21 2008 A top City lawyer who won a claim for sex discrimination after being driven from her job in an 18-month campaign of bullying is seeking £19 million in compensation.... more

• Shearman & Sterling in top-level management shake-up

  Apr 20 2008 Shearman & Sterling is to make a number of changes to its senior management structure, streamlining its main decision-making body and appointing New York bankruptcy... more

• Paul Hastings resignations follow client collapse

  Apr 13 2008 The London office of US giant Paul Hastings was left licking its wounds this week after one of its clients collapsed amidst allegations of fraud - and two of its... more

• Race for Allen & Overy's future management

  Jan 27 2008 The race for Allen & Overy's (A&O) future management is on, as a total of four candidates have stepped forward to take over the top two roles at the firm. Belgian... more

• Slaughter and May overhauls management team

  Jan 18 2008 Slaughter and May is facing a wholesale change of leadership as head of corporate Chris Saul is elected as senior partner. Saul, who has been head of corporate at the... more

• Pros recruited to handle business of law firms

  Jan 14 2008 Carolyn Summers, an Ivy Leaguer with a master's in business administration, was surprised when a headhunter contacted her about a job at a law office. Even after... more

• Taylor Wessing streamlines records management

  Oct 10 2007 UK law firm Taylor Wessing has implemented new records management IT to transform the way it handles its heavily regulated paperwork storage procedures. Law firms are... more