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• Ropes makes up 24 new partners in largest round ever

  Oct 31 2018 Ropes & Gray has announced its largest-ever promotions round, which sees 24 new partners in the firm. The figure is an increase over last year, when 12 lawyers were... more

• William Fry hires Ian Devlin from Eversheds

  Oct 29 2018 William Fry has brought on Ian Devlin, who joins the firm from Eversheds Sutherland. Devlin is a partner who served as pensions head at Eversheds, where he worked... more

• Ince and Gordon Dadds announce merger

  Oct 29 2018 Ince & Co and Gordon Dadds have agreed on a merger agreement, in a £110m deal that will create the largest listed law firm in the UK by revenue. The tie-up will... more

• Charlotte Sallabank to exit Jones Day for Katten

  Oct 29 2018 Charlotte Sallabank, a tax partner at Jones Day, has announced plans to leave the firm. She will join the London office of Katten Muchin Rosenman. Sallabank... more

• Stephenson Harwood brings on two Ince partners in Singapore

  Oct 26 2018 Stephenson Harwood has hired John Simpson and Martin Brown in the firm’s Singapore office. They both join from Ince & Co. Brown is slated to begin at Stephenson... more

• Jeremy Hoyland re-elected as managing partner at Simmons

  Oct 26 2018 Following the latest round of elections at Simmons & Simmons, the firm has announced that current managing partner Jeremy Hoyland has been elected for another term in... more

• Fangda hires four-strong team from Shearman in Hong Kong

  Oct 26 2018 Fangda Partners, a PRC-based firm, has announced the hire of a four-member team from the Hong Kong office of Shearman & Sterling. Colin Law heads up the team,... more

• Ray Berg to remain as UK managing partner at Osborne Clarke

  Oct 24 2018 Following Osborne Clarke’s latest elections, the firm has announced that current UK managing partner Ray Berg will remain in his position as managing partner for the... more

• TLT creates £500k fund for tech and consulting

  Oct 24 2018 TLT has launched a new investment fund geared toward boosting the firm’s technological and consulting capabilities. The £500,000 fund, known as Future Law will be used... more

• Linklaters hires A&O partner in Singapore

  Oct 24 2018 Linklaters has hired Amit Singh as a partner in the firm’s Singapore office. He joins from the Hong Kong office of Allen & Overy, where he focused on capital markets.... more

• New HK Law Society restrictions prompt backlash from firms

  Oct 24 2018 The Hong Kong Law Society has announced new proposed rules that would restrict the employment prospects for foreign lawyers working in Hong Kong. The announcement has... more

• Real Estate Lawyers Dubai - Al Nassar & Co

  Oct 23 2018 Real Estate Lawyers with their knowledge and experience of the real estate market provide clients with efficient, practical advice and assistance regarding real estate... more

• Akin Gump brings on four partners from Morgan Lewis

  Oct 23 2018 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired a four-partner team from Morgan Lewis. The team focuses on financial restructuring and global debt, and includes Thomas... more

• Bird & Bird head of UK tax joins Osborne Clarke

  Oct 23 2018 Osborne Clarke has brought on Mathew Oliver, who joins the firm from Bird & Bird, where he served as the firm’s UK tax head. Prior to joining Bird & Bird as a... more

• Miriam Gonzalez to exit Dechert

  Oct 22 2018 Miriam Gonzalez, co-chair of trade at Dechert, has announced that she will be leaving the firm. She will be moving to California with her husband, Nick Clegg, who will... more

• Paul Rawlinson to step back from duties at Bakers temporarily

  Oct 22 2018 Paul Rawlinson, who currently serves as chair at [Baker McKenzie 14], will be taking a temporary leave from managing the firm due to exhaustion. In the interim,... more

• Slaughters and Thomson Reuters gear up for legal tech start-up competition

  Oct 22 2018 Slaughter and May and Thomson Reuters are preparing for the latest wave of legal tech start-ups. Thomson Reuters is launching a legal tech incubator, for which the... more

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• White & Case promotes 41 in larger promotion round to date

  Oct 17 2018 [White & Case 17] has completed its largest promotion round to date, with 41 partners promoted worldwide. The firm promoted 13 in London, along with 12 in the US,... more

• Debevoise hires Ashurst Asia disputes head

  Oct 17 2018 Debevoise & Plimpton has hired Gareth Hughes in the firm’s Hong Kong office. He joins Debevoise as a litigation partner and brings 15 years of Hong Kong experience to... more