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Matheson hires senior lawyers from KPMG and Accenture as it targets tech transformation work

Recruits also arrive from A&L Goodbody and DLA Piper adding three partners and a counsel across firm's Dublin and London offices

German independent Gleiss Lutz to open London office

Stuttgart-headquartered national firm's London team will focus on antitrust, restructuring and M&A

McCann Fitzgerald becomes an LLP as it elects new managing partner

Irish firm latest of Big Seven to change legal status; Stephen Holst set to take over next April from Barry Devereux

Squire Patton Boggs boosts Africa arbitration practice with partner hire in London

Africa-focused disputes specialist Timi Balogun joins Squire after six years at Curtis Mallet Prevost Colt & Mosle

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Raft of Chicago IP firms add DEI efforts to billable hours

Quintet made up of Leydig Voit & Mayer, Loeb & Loeb, Marshall Gerstein & Borun, McAndrews Held & Malloy and McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff

Mayer Brown promotes 39 lawyers to partner in bumper US-focused round

Chicago firm joins host of rivals swelling partner ranks amid surging work volumes

RPC launches accelerator programme for global ESG-focused tech companies

RPC Tectonic to offer up to £100,000 worth of legal advice to early- and mid-stage startups along with mentoring and networking opportunities

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Sidley introduces leadership-oriented career development track for associates

Chicago firm's new programme includes paid-for access to external MBA-level executive leadership training and opportunity to earn new enhanced job titles

Talent wars pose greatest risk to law firms' prospects but outlook remains 'bullish', survey finds

Leaders have definitively shifted their focus from cost cutting to standing out in a hypercompetitive market and using tech to build value

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Cleary Gottlieb hires veteran antitrust litigator from WilmerHale to launch first California base

New York firm's launch in Palo Alto will be followed shortly by a second office launch in San Francisco

Allen & Overy flags energy consumption 'step change' as it chooses new London headquarters

Firm will move to Broadgate redevelopment in 2026/27 ending 20-year stint in nearby Spitalfields

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Milbank moves into new London home after Covid-19 relocation delay

Wall Street firm takes larger space and brings employees under one roof after occupying two buildings

Pérez-Llorca moves London office from City to Mayfair to be nearer international fund clients

Three lawyers from firm's Spanish offices also set to join resident partner Álvaro Ramírez de Haro in new location

Gibson Dunn hires Morgan Lewis partner trio in DC to grow new tax controversy group

Sanford Stark to co-chair team as firm responds to 'growing demand' for contentious advice and representation

Lawyers from Trussardi and Loro Piana to debate influencer marketing’s impact on luxury sector

Webinar hosted by Luxury Law Alliance and Bird & Bird will explore ‘trends, tips and opportunities’

DLA Piper boosts Paris litigation and regulatory offering with King & Spalding hire

Newly-minted partner Ruxandra Lazar joins after eight years at top 25 US firm

Perkins Coie relocates to Chicago's recently opened Bank of America Tower

Seattle firm takes up slightly smaller footprint in three storeys with focus on collaboration and employee wellbeing

Allen & Overy to launch legal services arm in Australia to complement Belfast hub

Hiring underway for Perth-based Advanced Delivery Centre due to open in second quarter of 2022

MSG Entertainment taps Samsung USA legal chief as next general counsel

Jamal Haughton joins as general counsel and executive vice president after five years at Samsung USA

Debevoise & Plimpton appoints first senior ESG advisor in New York

Ulysses Smith joins US firm amid ongoing industry-wide ESG push

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