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Clyde & Co appoints North America head as first woman senior partner

Canada-based Carolena Gordon is also first leader stationed outside the UK

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Duane Morris appoints first female chair of an international firm in Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City-based corporate partner Nguyen Thi Lang will lead firm's Vietnam business

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Baker McKenzie makes triple hire in UAE from King & Spalding, Linklaters

Trio joining as partners are M&A lawyers Osama Audi and Adnan Doha and capital markets specialist Abeer Jarrar

Squire Patton Boggs hires trio from Roca & Junyent in Madrid to boost finance practice

Team is led by banking and finance partner Pablo Rodriguez Abelenda

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Latham & Watkins eyes German M&A market with twin partner hire from Baker McKenzie

Duo includes Ingo Strauss and Heiko Gotsche, who join the firm's Düsseldorf office

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UK regulator considers forcing law firms to engage with online review sites 

Regulatory action needed to 'catalyse' change in legal market, according to the Legal Services Board 

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O'Melveny takes Thompson & Knight energy quartet to launch Austin office

Team includes Thompson & Knight's former Austin office head Phillip Oldham

US legaltech provider Intapp files for potential initial public offering

Palo Alto-based company says 96 of the AM Law 100 firms are users of its platform

Clifford Chance hires competition partner from General Electric's in-house ranks 

Sue Hinchliffe joins UK Magic Circle firm in London after five years as global executive counsel 

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News | UK

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas announces startups for tech incubator programme

Trio of Indian legaltech ventures will take part in this year's virtual 16-week scheme

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Linklaters pledges to cut carbon emissions by at least half over next decade

Firm commits to 70% reduction in Scope 1&2 emissions and 50% cut in Scope 3 emissions

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Shoosmiths enters joint venture with Chartsbridge to launch Equivo recoveries business

Almost 200 Shoosmiths staff are transferring to the new company

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UK judge steps down from Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal

Baroness Hale takes unusual step of not seeking second term; says decision is unrelated to security law

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Norton Rose Fulbright hires DocGovern's former tech chief to boost legaltech consulting business

George Steven joins the consulting arm of the firm's NRF Transform innovation platform

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News | UK

Negotiations for UK to join trans-Pacific trade pact welcomed by Law Society

Move to sign up to CPTPP praised for 'important benefits' it promises to deliver for UK law firms in the post-Brexit landscape

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Dentons launches new global advisory business to expand beyond legal services

Dentons Global Advisors is teaming up with Washington strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group

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Adult movie pirating disputes see Fox Rothschild top US copyright case ranking

Davis Wright Tremaine and Covington & Burling top-ranked for defendant work in Lex Machina copyright and trademark litigation research

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News | US

Appointments: Howard Kennedy boosts business crime practice and Steptoe & Johnson adds sanctions expert

This week's collection of lateral moves also sees Cooley bring in a seasoned litigator in Los Angeles

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Majority of companies expecting M&A uptick across Asia Pacific region, study finds

Baker McKenzie report says acquisitions will be a key driver of post-pandemic recovery

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Cooley adds life sciences veteran to Brussels roster

Elisabethann Wright swaps Hogan Lovells for Cooley as it ramps up EU and US life sciences practices

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