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Pinsent Masons mourns death of Hong Kong head and veteran partner Vincent Connor

Connor, who passed away on 5 October after a period of illness, was 'unfailingly kind, funny and ever thoughtful of others'

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Former Addleshaws partner trio reunite to launch disputes-only boutique in London

Quillon Law will focus on international commercial and financial markets ‘without the conflicts associated with larger law firms’

Top tier Portuguese boutique CS Associados prepares for 'generational change' as co-founders bow out

Francisco Sá Carneiro and Fernando Campos Ferreira to leave CS Associados at the end of the year

Sullivan leads global M&A rankings ahead of Latham and White & Case as deal activity hits new record

Dealmaking reaches $4.4trn in the first nine months of 2021 in strongest period for cross-border M&A since records began

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Former Duane Morris cannabis group co-lead sets up industry-focused boutique

David Feldman launches Feldman Legal Advisors in New York to focus on the cannabis and psychedelics markets

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Top antitrust team heads to Willkie Farr from Quinn Emanuel in London

Quinn’s UK competition litigation practice co-lead among group of partners and associates making the move

‘An underappreciated asset’ – beefed-up body LegalUK quantifies economic value of English law for first time

Judiciary-backed group relaunches with heavyweight report funded by firms including Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, DLA Piper and Herbert Smith Freehills

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Enyo Law founders to step down next year as new leadership team announced

Founders Simon Twigden and Pietro Marino will remain as consultants at the disputes specialist

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EY hires former Eversheds Sutherland Ireland managing partner to launch Irish legal practice

Alan Murphy will head the new unit, which is planning further senior hires in the coming months

Clyde & Co bolsters aviation offering with London boutique acquisition

Firm adds REN Legal’s 12-strong team to boost aviation practice’s transactional and commercial litigation offering

Leading white collar crime duo exits Greenberg Traurig for HFW

London firm secures Greenberg’s global co-chair of corporate crime and investigations and a former SFO prosecutor as it pushes to strengthen offering

Kirkland & Ellis raids Linklaters for financial regulation partner in London

Julia Dixon becomes latest UK Magic Circle partner to depart for a top US firm on home turf

I’ve been compiling a list of firms awarding ‘Covid bonuses’ to their lawyers while forgetting their ‘non-lawyers’

Moray McLaren and Stephen Revell reflect on innovation, disruption and business development ahead of Tuesday’s Law Firm Marketing Summit  

Willkie opens London arbitration practice with WilmerHale partner hire

Disputes barrister Duncan Speller to lead new practice after almost two decades at WilmerHale

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In-house compensation rises for small legal department GCs, study finds

​​​​​​​Median base salaries rose almost 8% this year, according to ACC and Empsight survey

Novartis legal and compliance solutions head jumps to EY for new legal managed services role

Santosh Singh joins accountancy giant in Hyderabad as Big Four push for bigger slice of legal market

Anesco names former Centrica legal director as company’s first general counsel

New GC Vicky Wells was also previously interim GC at venture capital fund Entrepreneur First

Baker McKenzie breaks through $3bn revenue benchmark

Global giant records 7.8% increase in fee income as profit per partner jumps by 41.5%

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Bowmans picks leading M&A lawyer as new chair and senior partner

Ezra Davids takes over the leadership role from Robert Legh, who passed away earlier this year

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