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• Mayer Brown hires Sidley Austin partner in Hong Kong

  Aug 30 2017 Mayer Brown JSM has hired Sidley Austin partner Alan Linning in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Linning joins Mayer Brown as a partner in the firm’s litigation and... more

• RHTLaw Taylor Wessing brings on partner from Singapore boutique firm

  Aug 30 2017 RHTLaw Taylor Wessing has hired Sundaram Subramaniam, who joins from Singapore-based boutique firm Bogaars & Din. Subramaniam has been with Bogaars & Din since... more

• Penningtons Manches revenue up 12 per cent

  Aug 27 2017 Penningtons Manches has announced its financial results for the 2016/17 year, reporting increases in revenue and profits. Turnover rose by 12 per cent from £61.6m... more

• Ashurst hires three-strong Bakers team in Germany

  Aug 27 2017 Ashurst has hired a partner and two associates from the finance and banking group of Baker McKenzie’s German arm. The team is led by Martin Kaiser, who serves as... more

• Milbank hires Hengeler partner in Munich

  Aug 27 2017 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has hired Hengeler Mueller partner Steffen Oppenlaender, in a rare partner departure from the German firm. Oppenlaender will join... more

• Dentons hires Bakers team for Amsterdam tax practice

  Aug 24 2017 Dentons has hired a four-partner Baker McKenzie team in the Netherlands for the launch of its new tax practice in the country. Dentons opened its Netherlands location... more

• Kirkland hires Ropes partner in Hong Kong

  Aug 24 2017 Kirkland & Ellis has hired Ropes & Gray partner Cori Lable in Hong Kong. Lable will serve as a partner in the global government, regulatory and internal investigations... more

• Freshfields to freeze 2017/18 junior pay rates

  Aug 24 2017 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has opted to freeze its associate and trainee pay bands for the 2017/18 year. The firm last completed a review of pay levels in May... more

• Burness Paull revenue and profit flat for 2016/17

  Aug 24 2017 Scottish firm Burness Paull has reported its financial results for 2016/17, indicating flat revenue and profit. Turnover increased by 1%, rising from £53.3m to... more

• Five-partner team joins Kirkland from Ropes

  Aug 23 2017 A five-partner team is departing from Ropes & Gray to join Kirkland & Ellis. The team comes from Ropes’ investigations and corruption practice and will be spread... more

• Hogan Lovells and Eversheds retention rates come in at 80%

  Aug 23 2017 Eversheds Sutherland and Hogan Lovells have announced their trainee retention rates for autumn, with both firms keeping on 80 per cent of trainees. Eversheds had a... more

• Five-partner Henry Davis York team departs prior to Norton Rose merger

  Aug 23 2017 A team of five partners from the banking and finance team at Henry Davis York (HDY) has departed from the firm to join the Sydney office of Corrs Chambers Westgarth.... more

• DLA Piper hires former Gibson Dunn and Kirkland partners

  Aug 23 2017 DLA Piper has made two new partner hires, bringing on Phil Crump and Doug Murning. Crump previously served as a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, and left his role... more

• Latham hires Linklaters partner in Germany

  Aug 22 2017 Linklaters corporate partner Nikolaos Paschos has been hired by Latham & Watkins in Germany, the second German hire for Latham from Linklaters within 18 months.... more

• White & Case retains 83 per cent of trainees in London

  Aug 22 2017 White & Case has announced an autumn retention rate of 83 per cent for its London trainee cohort. Out of 18 trainees, the firm offered positions to 15, all of whom... more

• Pillsbury hires disputes partner Deborah Ruff from Norton Rose

  Aug 22 2017 Norton Rose Fulbright international disputes partner Deborah Ruff has been hired by US firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Ruff became a partner at legacy... more

• Several firms announce appointments and hires in Asia

  Aug 22 2017 DLA Piper has announced a number of leadership changes throughout its offices in Asia. Shanghai-based corporate partner Qiang Li has been named co-regional managing... more

• Bertie Mehigan exits Howse Williams Bowers in Hong Kong to launch firm

  Aug 21 2017 Bertie Mehigan has left his position as a foreign lawyer at Hong Kong firm Howse Williams Bowers to start his own firm, which will be called Mehigan LLP. Mehigan’s... more

• Linklaters, Macfarlanes, Ince and Gowling post trainee retention rates

  Aug 21 2017 Several Magic Circle firms have posted their autumn trainee retention figures, including Linklaters, Macfarlanes, Ince & Co, and Gowlings. Linklaters has retained... more

• BLP spinoff Lawyers on Demand posts 15% turnover increase

  Aug 21 2017 Lawyers on Demand (LOD), a spinoff of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), has revealed its latest financial results, posting a 15% growth in turnover for the year. These... more