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• DWF revealed to have raised capital contributions in 2017

  Yesterday DWF called upon its equity partnership for further capital contributions in late 2017, according to The Lawyer. This is the firm’s first contributions raise in seven... more

• Freshfields fills China leadership role with KWM hire

  Yesterday Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has recruited King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) competition partner Hazel Yin as co-head of its China competition practice. The... more

• Taylor Wessing announces new MP following Eyles’ step down

  Yesterday Taylor Wessing has selected its next managing partner in current co-head of international litigation Shane Gleghorn. Gleghorn was hired the firm as a partner in... more

• Paul Hastings makes second major lateral hire in a week

  Yesterday Paul Hastings has hired M&A star Roger Barron from Linklaters, just a week after the hire of private equity rainmaker Anu Balasubramanian from DLA Piper. Having... more

• Reed Smith scores with 15-strong US team from Norton Rose

  May 24 2018 Reed Smith has nabbed a 15-strong team of US lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright, from New York, Washington DC, Houston, and Austin. The team is a combination of... more

• Clifford Chance seeks first global diversity head

  May 24 2018 Following the revelation of its 66 percent pay gap in male and female partners from earlier this spring, Clifford Chance is on the hunt for a global head of inclusion... more

• Former Locke Lord partner fined for regulation breach

  May 24 2018 Former Locke Lord partner Jonathan Denton has been struck off and fined for the breach of a number the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s rules. Having left the firm... more

• Hogan Lovells announces new global IP head

  May 24 2018 Hogan Lovells has appointed Burkhart Goebel as its new global intellectual property head, beginning 1 July. Currently holding the position of Continental Europe... more

• Dentons rehires international finance veteran from Eversheds

  May 23 2018 Dentons has rehired partner Howard Barrie from Eversheds Sutherland. The former Dentons partner will rejoin the firm’s finance practice. Barrie began his career at... more

• Eversheds nabs real estate tax expert from Morgan Lewis

  May 23 2018 Eversheds Sutherland has hired London tax partner Paul Beausang from Morgan Lewis & Bockius. He will join the firm’s real estate practice. Beausang joined Morgan... more

• Mayer Brown hires Mexico City M&A head from White & Case

  May 23 2018 Mayer Brown has bolstered its Mexico City office with the hire of partner Raúl Fernández-Briseño from White & Case. Fernández-Briseño’s focus is on transactional... more

• HSF to relocate nearly 500 London staff to Canary Wharf

  May 22 2018 Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) announced last week that it will be moving its London office from Finsbury Square to Canary Wharf. The move will see the relocation of... more

• ZICO breaks up Vietnam management into three roles

  May 22 2018 Zaid Ibrahim & Co. has appointed three new leaders in its Vietnamese offices, with Phuong Nguyen being named managing partner in Hanoi and Kevin Hawkins and Tay Zi Li... more

• Linklaters gets access to SFTZ with Shanghai tie-up

  May 22 2018 Linklaters has tied up with Shanghai boutique Zhao Sheng, strengthening the best friends agreement between the firms that was made last April. The association... more

• Freshfields to launch continental Europe hub in Berlin

  May 22 2018 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced plans to launch a hub in continental Europe, likely in Berlin. The firm’s goal with the hub is develop a support... more

• Barnes Caldwell Law

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• BonelliErede pairs with best friend, launches in Frankfurt

  May 20 2018 Italian firm BonelliErede has announced the launch of a new office in Frankfurt, where it will share the office of its German best friend Hengeler Mueller. The... more

• CMS ties up with new local firm in Hong Kong

  May 20 2018 CMS in Hong Kong has agreed to enter an association with Shirley Lau & Co., a young firm started by commercial and corporate finance partner Shirley Lau, formerly of... more

• Eversheds celebrates rising revenue and PEP post-merger

  May 20 2018 In its first full year as a transatlantically merged law firm, Eversheds Sutherland is celebrating a big boost in its revenue and profit per equity partner (PEP).... more

• Paul Hastings poaches private equity star from DLA

  May 20 2018 Paul Hastings has recruited private equity rainmaker Anu Balasubramanian from DLA Piper. She will lead the firm’s London private equity practice. Balasubramanian... more