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Willkie signals California commitment with Los Angeles launch

New office marks the latest instalment of the New York firm's 'strategic' West Coast expansion

Appointments: Linklaters hires real estate practice head in Italy, Baker McKenzie refreshes global executive committee

This week's roundup also sees moves at Allen & Overy, Squire Patton Boggs, K&L Gates, Dentons, Clyde & Co and Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle

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Latham & Watkins mandates Covid-19 vaccines for US workforce

Global giant joins majority of leading firms mandating jabs, with all staff required to be fully vaccinated by 18 October

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Japanese firm Miura & Partners opens for business in Nagoya

Launch marks firm’s fifth office since it was established in 2019

CMS snags four-lawyer finance team from Baker McKenzie in Poland

Rafał Zakrzewski becomes the firm's fourth banking and finance partner in Warsaw

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Latham & Watkins eyes bustling Texas legal market with Austin office launch

Los Angeles-based firm is the latest player to launch in the Lone Star State's emerging tech and life sciences hub this year

Rimon launches Frankfurt office with BCLP partner duo

Office marks US distributed law firm's seventh new location this year

Boies Schiller’s London-based deputy chair steps down citing Covid-19 US travel restrictions

Natasha Harrison says running US firm from overseas over extended period is impractical

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McDermott opens APAC gateway with Singapore office launch

Move sees firm relaunch in Asia after last year’s Shanghai exit

Sidley Austin secures three London private equity partners from Vinson & Elkins

Arrivals bolster European team after loss of six partners to Goodwin Procter since the summer of 2020

Rajah & Tann to host Singapore office of Bill Gates-backed privacy think tank

Firm takes on privacy expert as part of deal with Washington DC-based Future of Privacy Forum

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MoFo mandates vaccines for office work as London reopening looms

US firm first to require UK vaccinations; Linklaters and Katten make small adjustments from official Covid-19 guidance

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Top execs from Baker McKenzie, Chiomenti, Eversheds Sutherland, Hogan Lovells and Nixon Peabody line up for marketing summit

General counsel and world-class consultants will join law firm leaders for October’s online Law Firm Marketing Summit

Establishment candidates win sweeping victory in Hong Kong law society elections

Grouping of five solicitors who warned against ‘political division’ and pledged to work with Beijing triumph

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Linklaters backs initiative designed to cut arbitration-related environmental impacts

The UK magic circle firm joins rivals Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to play a role in mitigating negative environmental impacts associated with international arbitration

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King & Spalding adds competition practice in Brussels with Hogan Lovells partner hire

Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte becomes the US firm's third partner in EU hub after 2019 office launch

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Banks, tech giants join law firms backing legal tech 'app store' Reynen Court

Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins-backed platform aims to accelerate advanced tech adoption in the legal industry

‘A shameful and sad day’ – in-house lawyer withdraws from Hong Kong law society elections citing threats

Ex-Skadden lawyer on ‘rule of law’ ticket bows out of Tuesday’s ballot 'for my safety, and the safety of my family'

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