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Mishcon de Reya boosts white collar practice in London with WilmerHale hire

Alison Geary joins as a partner two months after Mishcon lost its white collar practice head Jo Rickards to Greenberg Traurig

Cravath becomes latest Wall Street firm to abandon lockstep pay model  

Elite firm moves to modified lockstep two months after losing corporate partner to UK’s Freshfields in New York

Clyde & Co lands corporate partner from Morgan Lewis in Dubai

Chadi Salloum will support firm clients in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider region

Baker McKenzie responds to ‘completely valid’ questions over hiring of ex-UK privacy tsar

Global firm underlines commitment to good governance after campaign groups criticise Elizabeth Denham’s consultancy role

Hogan Lovells appoints energy partner duo as Africa practice co-leaders

UK firm recently made first partner-level lateral hire in South Africa since high-profile Johannesburg office relaunch in 2019

Crowell & Moring adds derivatives quartet from McGuireWoods in London

Hires build on US firm's acquisition of Wall Street financial services boutique Kibbe & Orbe earlier this year

Withers builds international art and fashion practice with London partner hire

Senior hires on both sides of the Atlantic also sees arrival of New York trust and estates specialist

Nigeria’s Olaniwun Ajayi adds finance trio from international rivals for London launch

Lawyers from Dentons and White & Case among those joining the firm to lead the opening of its first office outside Nigeria

Legaltech giant Epiq acquires Canadian ALSP Simplex to expand flexible resourcing platform

New York-based Epiq acquired Hyperion Global Partners last year and launched flexible resourcing arm Epiq Counsel in January

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Linklaters names German regulatory lawyer as new Europe-wide managing partner

Frankfurt-based Andreas Steck to head up newly combined Western and Eastern Europe business

Baker Botts to end physical presence in Asia with Hong Kong office closure

Move follows US law firm shuttering its Beijing office last year

Cooley partners with Tech Nation for D&I programme aimed at black entrepreneurs

'First-of-its-kind' scheme offers guidance to early-stage UK tech startups with at least one Black or multiracial with Black heritage founder

BonelliErede sets up dedicated ESG group as sustainability issues rise

Milan-based firm’s ESG team will be led by 12 partners across a range of practices

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HFW boosts Australia construction offering with Herbert Smith Freehills hire

Michael Debney latest to join firm's construction team in Australia

Kirkland shortens equity partner track to reward best talent in record deal markets  

Salaried partners given earlier chance to make coveted equity status in latest reflection of hyper-competitive market for talent

Arent Fox and Schiff Hardin announce merger to create firm with revenue of more than $500m

Combined firm to house more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals and rank among US top 100 by revenue

Spain's Pérez-Llorca adds senior government lawyer for Brussels opening

Sonsoles Centeno joins from EU's Ministry of Justice to spearhead office launch

Hogan Lovells taps Watson Farley & Williams for corporate M&A team in Germany

Hires include WFW Frankfurt office head Torsten Rosenboom and fellow partner Christoph Naumann

All change at the top at Hausfeld as founder steps down

Women take UK and US managing partner roles as firm’s co-chairs step up to replace Michael Hausfeld

Greenberg Traurig hires seven-lawyer group to replenish real estate ranks in Warsaw

Team from Dentons features in haul following recent loss of 10 property lawyers to CMS

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