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Listed UK firm Knights acquires Sheffield-based Keebles for £11.5m

Deal will increase AIM-listed outfit's UK location count to 17, including four in Yorkshire

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Norton Rose Fulbright names new global heads of banking and corporate

Partners Ayse Yuksel Mahfoud and Nick Grandage will split the work previously done by global head of business Martin McCann

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Freshfields arbitration veteran Nigel Rawding moves to Twenty Essex

Former head of international arbitration departs for the Bar after 30 years as a partner

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Reed Smith hires disputes partner from Stephenson Harwood in Singapore

Energy and infrastructure specialist Timothy Cooke makes switch along with two associates

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Kennedys hires Clyde & Co team for Perth launch

New Perth office will be led by insurance partner Jonathan Wyatt

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Global legal network Meritas names Kohrman Jackson & Krantz partner as new chair

Brett Krantz elected for two-year term, replacing Waterfall managing partner Jill Wiley

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Allen & Overy names CEE finance counsel as Hungary office head

Miklós Kádár to step into role at the start of May as firm commits to CEE growth

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London set urged tenants to exercise restraint over China-related social media posts, leaked email reveals

36 Group warned of 'detrimental impact' given 'significant links' with Asia

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Record percentage of women in latest Ashurst partner promotions round

Women comprise 78% of those made up, with corporate transactions getting more new partners than any other practice area

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Former Shearman & Sterling partner joins London's Quadrant Chambers

International arbitration specialist Alexander Uff quits private practice for the Bar

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Herbert Smith Freehills' Australia arbitration head selects Singapore for solo practice

Brenda Horrigan moves for 'personal and professional reasons' after helping to grow Australia's reputation for arbitration

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Willkie Farr raids Mayer Brown for quartet of insurance partners in California and New York

Team is led by Mayer Brown's former co-leader of its US insurance regulatory group Kara Baysinger

Clifford Chance allows 50-50 UK split between office and remote working

Magic Circle firm is latest UK practice to recognise permanent impact of Covid-19 on working life

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Bryan Cave names first inclusion and diversity client relationship partner

Global banking co-leader Daisy Reeves set to take on the full-time role

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Gibson Dunn hires regulatory quartet from Herbert Smith Freehills in Hong Kong

Team is led by HSF's former Asia financial services regulatory head William Hallatt

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Mediation bodies seal international alliance in Singapore to improve standards

Five groups from across globe team up to promote cross-cultural awareness and improve training

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UK litigation funding market doubles in three years as pipeline of cases builds up

The value of cases and cash held by UK litigation funders hits £2bn, RPC study shows

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Mishcon de Reya gears up for record £750m London listing   

Top 40 UK firm engages JP Morgan to explore IPO in fourth quarter after partners' vote 

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Clifford Chance promotes record number of women in 29-strong round

Eleven women make the grade; minority ethnic target also met

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Clio becomes legaltech unicorn as latest funding round pushes valuation to $1.6bn

Series E round will help fund acquisitions and create new jobs in the UK and Ireland

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