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Appointments: UK Magic Circle continue US push with senior hires in Silicon Valley and Washington DC
Latest roundup features Freshfields, Linklaters, Hall & Wilcox, K&L Gates, Ashurst, Clayton Utz and Gherson Solicitors
New Zealand in-house law tech platform LawVu picks up $12m to accelerate US expansion
Tauranga-based ‘legal workspace’ provider targets US hires as investor cites appetite for Aussie and Kiwi startups
Linklaters revenue edges up 2% fuelling 10% jump in PEP
Performance accelerates through Covid-19 but growth lags 5% achieved by two of its closest rivals
Litera Microsystems makes 12th legaltech acquisition with contract review solution Kira Systems
Teaming up with Litera will allow Kira to 'achieve ubiquity in the due diligence review process', CEO says
Double digit Q2 M&A and real estate practice growth fuels 'eye popping' large law firm performance
Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Index reaches highest-ever level as the key metrics align favourably
‘The ingenuity of fraudsters is limitless’ - quartet of law firms unveil network to help police cryptoassets
Osborne Clarke, RPC, Stewarts and Rahman Ravelli team up with barristers, forensic accountants and asset recovery specialists
PEP jumps 30% at HFW against 2.6% global revenue growth
At least 60% of the London-based firm's revenues were generated outside of the UK for the third consecutive year amid ongoing international expansion efforts
Skadden to move back to the City of London after 25 years at Canary Wharf
New York firm to join Cooley and Covington & Burling in London’s second-tallest building
Allen & Overy hires seven-partner White & Case team to launch in Silicon Valley and San Francisco
Magic circle firm joins London rival Freshfields in targeting booming West Coast tech market
Travers Smith's finances rebound strongly with revenue up by 15.4%
Turnover hike at London firm helps fuel 21.5% rise in PEP to £1.2m, reversing a sharp fall in 2020
Appointments: Steptoe & Johnson names chief diversity officer, Jones Day builds in Dubai
This week's round-up of moves also sees Felsberg target Brazil's distressed investment market and Mayer Brown add partners across the US
Katten rules out compulsory vaccinations in London unless guidance changes
City office head warns firms to tread carefully when considering global policies
Gilbert + Tobin hires PwC corporate head to boost Sydney M&A team
Karen Evans-Cullen joins as new firm secures lead role advising on Australia's largest-ever merger
BCLP adds Korean real estate veteran from Mayer Brown to head up Korea practice
Kwon Lee joins as a partner in the firm’s global real estate practice in New York
Private equity firm makes first UK law firm acquisition
Blixt snaps up 23-partner regional practice as it sets out to build £100m national player
Leading cannabis lawyer joins regulatory and compliance specialist Simplifya
Katrina Skinner moves back in-house to help tackle booming sector’s ‘incredibly complex’ legal issues
DLA Piper announces Dublin office move as it eyes Irish expansion
New 30,000 square foot space will enable firm to grow its current 75+ Irish headcount
FTX.US crypto exchange lures across Sullivan & Cromwell partner to be general counsel
Move comes as $18bn-valued company prepares for greater security by new legal head's former boss, SEC chairman Gary Gensler
Sullivan, Kirkland and Weil top global M&A advisory league table in busiest July since 2007
Tech firms also prosper as deal value hits almost $500bn fuelled by fourth-highest month for SPAC transactions
Mayer Brown signs up trailblazing New York dealmaker from Skadden
Skadden’s first-ever female M&A partner to co-head US M&A practice at Chicago-based firm
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