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McDermott signals Asia reboot with hire of Squire Patton Boggs' Singapore co-head

Ignatius Hwang will initially join as a partner in London ahead of planned Singapore launch

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WFW hires Withers' Asia Pacific hotels and hospitality head to launch Sydney office

Robert Williams part of four-lawyer team that includes Singapore partner Lada Shelkovnikova

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Addleshaw Goddard unveils fifth cohort for its AG Elevate tech mentoring scheme

Eleven early-stage tech companies join the 10-month support and networking programme

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Crowell & Moring snaps up Wall Street financial services boutique Kibbe & Orbe

Deal sees 24 lawyers join Crowell, including 13 partners, in New York, London and Washington DC

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'Sometimes I pinch myself' - crown counsel's call for disadvantaged students to pursue law goes viral

South Atlantic-based prosecutor inspires with account of how he defied teacher's advice 'to set sights low'

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Level receives £20m venture capital backing to help finance family law disputes

Investment sees 1818 Venture Capital take equity stake in the litigation funder

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Mayer Brown advises on $1bn foundation to compensate descendants of slaves

Charity was founded by the GU272 Descendants Association and a group of Jesuits

LinkSquares signs up DraftKings' GC to be first in-house lawyer 

Tim Parilla seeks out legaltech startup environment at Boston outfit he invested in

Shearman hires Travers Smith London M&A head to boost global deals team

Phil Cheveley will lead Shearman's EMEA M&A practice alongside Laurence Levy

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Dentons becomes first global firm in Bolivia with Guevara & Gutiérrez combination

Deal is latest Andean combination following deal with Ecuador's Paz Horowitz earlier this month

London international disputes boutiques combine to create fraud law 'champion'  

PCB Litigation and Byrne & Partners forge 15-partner firm with blessing of PCB's part-owner Burford Capital

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Cleary Gottlieb beefs up UK competition practice with Slaughters special adviser hire

Jackie Holland becomes latest UK lawyer to exit a magic circle firm for a US rival in London

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Mid-sized New York firm trumps Kirkland and Skadden in $77bn SPAC IPO bonanza

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole advises on 71 IPOs amid surge in SPAC issuance in 2021

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Orrick hires Morgan Lewis's San Francisco IP practice head in latest life sciences push

Gargi Talukder is the eighth partner to join the firm's life sciences platform since 2019

Report reveals 'thriving' multi-billion dollar arbitration market in Australia

Minister calls on practitioners to seize opportunity to grow volume of cases

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Indian firm Khaitan & Co to open Singapore office in first international venture

Office will be led by M&A and private client partner Anuj Shah and strategy director Jean Muller

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Linklaters makes twin Hong Kong partner hires to boost corporate and banking teams

Xiaoxi Lin joins from Kirkland & Ellis and Alessandro Nolet joins from White & Case

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MinterEllison appoints interim head as CEO exits over leaked email

Virginia Briggs replaces Annette Kimmitt who questioned firm's decision to represent attorney general in rape controversy

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Linklaters becomes first magic circle firm to support Afro hairstyle campaign

Firm adopts UK's 'Halo Code' to end hair discrimination for black employees in the workplace

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Herbert Smith Freehills chooses Australian dealmaker to be first woman senior partner

Rebecca Maslen-Stannage to join fellow countrywoman Freshfields' Georgia Dawson at helm of top international firm

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