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• Former London MP from Dewey offers trainees a lifeline

  May 18 2012 The London trainees at Dewey & LeBoeuf have been offered positions by their former London Managing Partner, Peter Sharp. Sharp departed to take up a role at Morgan... more

• Tough going in Scotland: redundancies, defections and shutters

  May 09 2012 Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens has initiated a redundancy consultation in its Private Client department, with four support staff roles and two legal roles at... more

• Ashurst appoints new managing partner

  Mar 22 2012 Ashurst has tapped Paris-based banking partner James Collis to be its new managing partner. Collis takes over from Simon Bromwich, who decided last month to step down... more

• Managing partner of Scottish firm Dundas & Wilson steps down

  Mar 12 2012 The managing partner of Scottish firm [Dundas & Wilson 1731, Donald Shaw,] has resigned from the post with immediate effect, returning to full-time fee-earning.... more

• Linklaters takes the axe to partnership

  Feb 20 2012 Linklaters is taking the axe to its partnership, with around 35 partners expected to be pushed out. Insiders report that there is an effort on the part of the firm... 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

• Ashurst managing partner steps down 6 months early

  Feb 01 2012 Ashurst managing partner Simon Bromwich has announced that he will stand down from his role in May, six months ahead of schedule. Bromwich is set to take over as head... more

• Swedish firm Vinge appoints a new managing partner

  Jan 30 2012 Swedish independent law firm Vinge has appointed finance partner Maria-Pia Hope as its new managing partner after being chosen for the role by the firm’s five-partner... more

• More work to be done to reach gender equality in Australian law firms

  Dec 02 2011 Progress toward gender equality is proceeding at a faster clip in the Australian public sector than in private practice, according to a new report released by the NSW... more

• DLA Piper hires former Linklaters managing partner

  Oct 28 2011 DLA Piper has scored a major coup with the hire of former Linklaters managing partner Tony Angel. Angel is rumoured to have been offered a remuneration package worth... more

• Ashurst appoints new managing partner in Abu Dhabi

  Sep 23 2011 Ashurst has appointed a new managing partner for the Abu Dhabi practice, with corporate partner Alastair Holland taking over from David Wadham. Wadham, who has... more

• Norton Rose Australia appoints new managing partner

  Aug 18 2011 Norton Rose Australia has announced the appointment of a new managing partner, with Wayne Spanner set to take over the role from current MP Don Boyd on 1 January 2012.... 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

• Australian firm Mallesons appoints new Chief Exec Partner

  Mar 31 2011 Leading Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques has announced the promotion of Stuart Fuller from his managing partner role to the role chief executive partner.... more

• Transition of power in law firms: smooth succession

  Feb 18 2011 This is an interesting article about the transition of power and responsibility as law firms move from one managing partner to the next. It looks at the process... more

• In Conversation with Rajiv K. Luthra, of Indian firm Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

  Jan 18 2011 I founded Luthra & Luthra Law Offices in 1990, with the idea of providing legal services to MNCs and foreign investors looking to do business in India. Without any... more

• UK firms expect more firm mergers in 2011

  Jan 07 2011 UK managing partners expect further consolidation in the legal market in the coming year, according to a survey conducted for professional network firm Winmark. The... more

• Simmons & Simmons appoints new Managing Partner

  Dec 24 2010 Simmons & Simmons has appointed Jeremy Hoyland as the firm’s new Managing Partner, following a partnership vote. Hoyland succeeds Mark Dawkins in the role of... more

• Washington DC's top lawyers talk about the future of BigLaw

  Dec 06 2010 The Big Law business model has fundamentally changed, according to the managing partners of some of Washington’s DC's top law firms. In a breakfast discussion... more

• Chadbourne & Parke appoints new managing partner

  Dec 01 2010 US law firm Chadbourne & Parke has appointed a new managing partner. Andrew Giaccia – currently executive partner and the managing partner of the Washington DC office... 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

• WilmerHale appoints new co-managing partners

  Nov 23 2010 WilmerHale has announced that its current co-managing partners, Bill Lee and Bill Perlstein, will step aside to make way for new leadership. From 1 January 2012 Susan... more

• SNR Denton appoints UK Managing Partner

  Nov 11 2010 The newly merged firm SNR Denton has appointed Brandon Ransley as the new managing partner for the UK. Ransley will continue to act as head of the firm’s Milton Keynes... more

• DLA Piper appoints new London managing partner

  Nov 09 2010 DLA Piper has appointed its new London managing partner. Tim Clement-Jones will take over from real estate partner Catherine Usher, who returns to fee-earning after a... more

• US firms Kilpatrick Stockton and Townsend and Townsend and Crew to merge

  Nov 04 2010 US corporate law firms Kilpatrick Stockton and Townsend and Townsend and Crew have announced that they will merge on 1 January 2011, launching a combined firm under... more

• SJ Berwin elects new Managing partner in a close race

  Nov 02 2010 SJ Berwin has elected a new managing partner in a closely fought contest. Rob Day won the vote by just a handful of votes, and commentators are saying that the... more

• US study links firm profits to the appearance of managing partners

  Oct 27 2010 Law firms looking to bolster their profits might want to consider electing a managing partner with powerful looks. An new study published in Social Psychological... 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

• Eversheds' Copenhagen office in trouble

  Oct 15 2010 The Managing Partner of Eversheds’ Copenhagen office - Troels Askerud - has resigned, and the firm is in talks with three other partners about their future at the... more

• Freshfields appoints London lawyer to role of Senior Partner

  Oct 01 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has elected Will Lawes to the position of senior partner, elevating him to a new international leadership team that will also include... more

• Singapore Firm Rajah & Tann makes plans for expansion

  Sep 23 2010 Singapore firm Rajah & Tann has appointed Lee Eng Beng to the role of managing partner. Senior Counsel Lee will take up the position on 1 October, and plans to... more

• Baker & McKenzie appoints new managing partner for Australia

  Jul 07 2010 Baker & McKenzie has appointed a new managing partner for Australian operations. Christopher Freeland was formerly a partner and chief operating officer at Gilbert +... more

• Germany's Hengeler Mueller elects new managing partners

  Jun 22 2010 Hengeler Mueller has elected two new co-managing partners, Daniela Favoccia, from the Frankfurt office and Matthias Hentzen based out of Düsseldorf. They will replace... more

• Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Mumbai & National Capital Market head, Amarchand

  Jun 15 2010 The capital market practice in India has changed dramatically in the past 5 years and is possibly poised on the threshold of the next growth phase. 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

• Pannone appoints new Managing Partner

  May 17 2010 Pannone has appointed a new Managing Partner, with the role going to the firm’s clinical negligence head Emma Holt after an uncontested election. Holt has been a... more

• Linklaters names Stuart Salt as new Asia managing partner

  Jan 19 2010 Linklaters has named Stuart Salt, currently head of its emerging Europe, Middle East and North Africa operations, as its new Asia managing partner. Stuart will take... more

• Clifford Chance votes in Bickerton as new London managing partner

  Nov 09 2009 Clifford Chance (CC) has handed David Bickerton the role of London managing partner after a contested election. Bickerton will officially start the new post on 1... more

• Clifford Chance appoints Jan ter Haar as new Moscow head

  Sep 17 2009 Clifford Chance has appointed Amsterdam head Jan ter Haar as its new Moscow managing partner, after Michael Cuthbert announced his plans to retire from the firm at the... more

• Friedrich Merz elected on Mayer Brown's global partnership board

  Jul 02 2009 Herbert W. Krueger, partner in Mayer Brown's Chicago office, was elected as chairman of the firm's partnership board. In Germany, partners Friedrich Merz, a... more

• Mayer Brown names Richard Spehr as managing partner in New York

  Jul 02 2009 Two months after Mayer Brown partners voted to create a new managing partner position, the firm named Richard Spehr the partner-in-charge of the New York office. more

• Marc Harvey and Celia Lam to head Linklater's China practice

  Jul 01 2009 Linklaters has selected Hong Kong head Marc Harvey and Beijing head Celia Lam to jointly run its China practice, taking over from Zili Shao who has been promoted to... more

• Reed Smith managing partner challenger DiNome withdraws candidacy

  Jun 10 2009 John DiNome, a partner in the Pittsburgh-based law firm’s Philadelphia office, has abandoned his candidacy to replace Gregory Jordan as managing partner of Reed Smith.... more

• Marzio Longo named new Freshfields manager in Italy

  Mar 31 2009 Freshfields has announced that its new managing partner for Italy will be Marzio Longo, current head of the firm's Italian real estate practice. The transition from... more

• Freshfields appoints Simon Marchant as new Asia managing partner

  Mar 12 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's corporate partner Simon Marchant will take up the position of the Magic Circle firm's Asia managing partner. Marchant, who is... more

• Lovells Europe head Harald Seisler steps down

  Nov 26 2008 Lovells Continental Europe head Harald Seisler has stepped down from the role after running an unsuccessful campaign to become firmwide managing partner. Seisler will... more

• Clifford Chance to elect new Asia chief in September

  Aug 11 2008 Clifford Chance is expected to hold elections for a new Asia managing partner in September after Jim Baird stepped down due to ill health. more

• Clifford Chance Asia managing partner Jim Baird steps down due to ill health

  Aug 08 2008 Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has revealed that its Asia managing partner, Jim Baird, has stepped down from his post, effective immediately. Baird is believed to... more