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Dentons finalises Mozambique tie-up nearly two years after it was announced

Maputo-based Fernanda Lopes & Associados-Advogados adds five partners and eight lawyers to Dentons' 250-strong Africa team

King & Spalding bolsters employment and compliance offering with six partner-level hires from US rivals

New recruits join from Seyfath Shaw, Simpson Thacher and Barnes & Thornburg across Chicago and New York

Greenberg Traurig signs up highly rated six-partner Mishcon fraud and business disputes team

Top 20 US firm continues rapid growth in London as partners depart UK firm ahead of its planned flotation

Minority GCs' group hails ‘inflection point’ as it unveils law firm diversity scorecard

GCs pledge to monitor effectiveness of advisers’ DEI policies as top-performing law firms are named  

Listed tech startup acquires conveyancing firm to test products

ULS Technology has purchased Amity Law for an undisclosed sum

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Foley hires IP litigation team for Salt Lake City opening

New office intended to strengthen firm's tech and life sciences offering in growing startup hub

Kirkland hires Freshfields private equity duo, unveils relocation plans for London base

Vincent Bergin and Keir MacLennan join the Chicago firm as it announces plans to move to new building at 40 Leadenhall Street

Longtime Paul Hastings chairman to step down after two decades in the role

Seth Zachary will be succeeded by New York-based leveraged finance partner Frank Lopez in October 2022

‘A giant of international arbitration’ - tributes flood in for Professor J Martin Hunter

Lawyer whose career bridged law firms, chambers and academia is remembered for inspiring 'multiple generations'

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Osborne Clarke announces new senior partner to replace veteran Andrew Saul

Peter Clough will take up the mantle next January after Saul completes second term

Oon & Bazul grows Singapore disputes capability with trio of partner-level hires

Benedict Eoon, Jerald Foo and Priscilla Lua come aboard with Magic Circle and Singapore Big Four experience

White & Case promotes largest partner class ever in EMEA-focused round

More than half of the New York firm's latest promotions were made across its EMEA offices

Eight disputes partners to leave Mishcon de Reya ahead of planned IPO

Group includes all five partners in highly rated fraud defence and business disputes team

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Irish legal community asks lawyers to support fleeing Afghan legal professionals

The Law Society of Ireland creates community support model to support those fleeing from the Taliban regime

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Dentons and Reed Smith join Magic Circle duo for controversial £305m Newcastle United takeover

Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer make up quartet of firms acting in club’s sale to Saudi-led investment group

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Raft of leading firms join forces to launch legal ops training programme

Dentons, NRF and Linklaters among those taking part in novel initiative to speed development of legal ops talent

US law firms push for partial office returns in coming weeks despite delays and Delta fears

Wall Street's Cravath Swaine & Moore to make 'soft return', Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin set November dates

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White & Case makes triple hire from Dechert to boost London private equity team

Ross Allardice, Mark Evans and Tony Brown re-join the firm from US rival Dechert amid a global private equity-backed M&A activity boom

Arbitration services group Arbitra expands team with six new members

New arrivals join 18-strong founding member team put together by London arbitration community figurehead Owen Lawrence in July

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Partners Group global head of legal departs to be Swiss impact investor’s first GC

Anela Musat joins Blue Horizon with mandate to build a ‘best in class’ legal team

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