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• BLP promotes smallest-ever round

  Apr 22 2017 Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) will promote its smallest number of partners this year, with four new partners being made up at the firm. Patrick Johnson from the... more

• SFO lawyer joins Freshfields’ crime team

  Apr 22 2017 Ben Morgan of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a partner on the firm’s corporate crime and global investigations team. While... more

• LInklaters’ metrics revamp to focus on team performance

  Apr 20 2017 Linklaters has announced that the firm will be phasing out its current partner metrics system, which focuses on individual assessments of performance. In its place,... more

• Baker McKenzie infrastructure partner Paul Hibbert hired by Weil

  Apr 20 2017 Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Paul Hibbert from Baker McKenzie, where he was a partner specializing in infrastructure and real estate. Hibbert focuses on matters... more

• Davis Polk hires litigation partner from Ropes & Gray in Hong Kong

  Apr 19 2017 Davis Polk & Wardwell has hired Ropes & Gray litigation partner Patrick Sinclair in Hong Kong. At Davis Polk, he will specialize in government and internal... more

• Simon Davis of Clifford Chance elected Law Society president

  Apr 19 2017 Clifford Chance senior litigator Simon Davis has been elected as president of the Law Society for a term beginning in 2019. He will become deputy vice president this... more

• Pinsent Masons to open Madrid office

  Apr 19 2017 Pinsent Masons is preparing to launch a new Madrid office, its third international location within the last 12 months. The office will house a team of five, including... more

• DWF to relocate Preston team to Liverpool

  Apr 19 2017 DWF has confirmed that the firm will be closing its 90-employee Preston office. The entire Preston staff, which includes a five-partner team, will relocate to... more

• May’s call for general election expected to prompt more volatility

  Apr 18 2017 As Theresa May calls for a general election, City partners expect the move to cause further Brexit-related uncertainty and volatility in the market. May announced... more

• Six partners depart from Freshfields amid finance restructuring

  Apr 18 2017 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer will see six finance partners exit by the end of the month as the firm restructures its finance department. In addition, two partners... more

• IP specialist returns to Malaysian firm Azmi following stint at Shukor & Associates

  Apr 18 2017 Intellectual property specialist Khairul Fazli Abdul Kadir has returned to Kuala Lumpur-based Azmi & Associates following a move to Shukor & Associates. He initially... more

• Hogan Lovells partner hired as new DLA China IP head

  Apr 18 2017 DLA Piper has hired Hogan Lovells partner William “Skip” Fisher, who will take on a position at DLA’s Shanghai office. He will serve as a partner and head of patent... more

• DLA shuts Canberra location

  Apr 14 2017 DLA Piper has closed its Canberra office amid partner and lawyer departures and a global strategy to close less profitable offices. DLA’s former Canberra managing... more

• Clydes promotes nine new partners

  Apr 14 2017 Clyde & Co’s latest global promotions round includes nine new partners, who will join Clydes’ current base of 375 partners. The firm’s Asia Pacific promotions... more

• Aaron Simpson named new Hunton & Willams London head

  Apr 14 2017 Aaron Simpson has been appointed as the new London head of US firm Hunton & Williams, where he is currently a cybersecurity and privacy partner. Simpson has been at... more

• Colin Passamore re-elected as Simmons senior partner

  Apr 14 2017 Simmons & Simmons senior partner Colin Passamore has been re-elected to a third term in the position. He has been in the position since 2011, and will begin a new... more

• Reed Smith launching in Miami with new seven-lawyer litigation team

  Apr 12 2017 Reed Smith has hired a seven-lawyer team from Astigarraga Davis, a boutique arbitration and litigation firm. The new team will join Reed Smith in Miami, where the firm... more

• Mishcon promotion round of three includes two new female partners

  Apr 12 2017 Mishcon de Reya has announced its 2017 promotions round, which includes three new partners. The promotions include Chhavie Kapoor from the firm’s real estate team,... more

• Kirkland revenue up 15% as partner departs for Pillarstone

  Apr 12 2017 Kirkland & Ellis reported increases in revenue and profit per equity partner (PEP) for the 2016 financial year, with revenue up 15% to $2.65bn. PEP rose 14%,... more

• Bakers revenue up 21% in London

  Apr 10 2017 Baker McKenzie has reported a 21% increase in revenue for its London office, where turnover was £176m in 2015/16, up from £145m the prior year. These figures represent... more