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Japan cuts red tape for foreign lawyer registrations

Law Society of England and Wales hails ‘positive’ move by Japanese government

Bain-backed market research company Kantar raids Vodafone for new GC

Rebecca Symondson replaces Rachel Clarke, who is now GC of Kantar’s media measurement business

IOC cracks down on counterfeit goods as Paris Olympics get underway

Olympics organisers highlight anti-counterfeiting efforts as crucial for protecting athlete funding

Paris Bar Association launches major pro bono initiative for Summer Olympic Games

Initiative aims to ensure spectators and residents can receive qualified legal advice

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Dentons UKIME revenue grows 6% to top £280m

Global giant points to growing cross-practice collaboration as turnover hits record high

Morgan Lewis deepens German presence with trio of partners from US rivals

Alexander Klett, Christoph Mikyska and Sebastian Dexheimer move over from Reed Smith and Milbank

Spanish oil giant Cepsa fills vacant CLO seat with Atento hire

Virginia Beltramini will take up the role in September, replacing Jörg Häring who left in May

Canada Olympic kit sponsor Lululemon faces greenwashing action in France

Claimant firm Hausfeld advises as Canadian advocacy group files complaint with authorities

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Travers Smith rings in record results as PEP grows 18% to £1.3m

UK independent rebounds from FY23’s flat numbers as revenue pushes past £200m

Stewarts grows PEP 16% to £1.4m as revenue hits £95m

Disputes specialist reverses FY23’s turnover and profit dips

JetBlue Airways re-hires former associate GC from UiPath to replace departing legal head


Eileen McCarthy will succeed Brandon Nelson, who will remain on as an advisor until November

Linklaters advises UK fintech Revolut on banking licence approval

PRA grants Revolut licence that will allow it to compete on the same terms as traditional high street banks

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Bracewell opens in Paris with 11-lawyer energy team from Norton Rose Fulbright

Incoming team is led by Bracewell’s new Paris managing partner Anne Lapierre

Fox News Media hires Gibson Dunn partner to head up legal team


Katherine Moran Meeks joins as GC, replacing Bernard Gugar

Bird & Bird hits double-digit revenue growth again as profit and PEP move higher

Turnover rose 10.2% to €632m, marginally lower than the 10.8% increase achieved in FY23

ICC reappoints van Leeuwen as chair of influential Arbitration Commission

Melanie van Leeuwen, a Paris-based arbitration partner with Derains & Gharavi, will serve a second term as chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR

TLT posts double-digit revenue increase as UK firm continues national expansion plans

Turnover jumped 12% driven by growing domestic footprint and new partner hires

Fieldfisher hires Hausfeld’s former commercial disputes head in London

John McElroy bolsters City firm’s banking litigation offering

Greyhound bus-owner Flix North America replaces GC with EnLink Midstream hire

James Bristow will succeed Tricia Martinez, who is leaving the company

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