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SRA issues warning over law firm mergers
Regulator says firms must prioritise clients’ interests following high-profile collapses of consolidator firms
Mastercard settles merchant group action in interchange fee litigation
Confidential settlement struck with more than 1,900 businesses
US dating app Bumble promotes acting CLO to permanent role
Elizabeth Monteleone had been serving as acting CLO since February
Cheers for Bacardi as it reignites dispute over Havana Club trademark
US appeals court revives long-running dispute with US trademark office over Cuban government-owned trademark
Women legal professionals team up to promote ‘menopause-friendly’ workplace
Initiative sees eight women from different firms share experiences and offer practical advice to employers
Akin names successors to veteran chair Koopersmith
UK-US duo Dan Walsh and Abid Qureshi to take over as co-chairs of top 40 US firm next April
Browne Jacobson boosts turnover by 12% to record high
Top 50 firm more than doubles revenue in a decade as turnover in year to 30 April 2024 rises to £118m
Cadwalader duo join Greenberg Traurig in London
Departures come less than a week after Cadwalader loses four-partner finance team in London to King & Spalding
McDermott refreshes German leadership
Restructuring specialist Matthias Kampshoff takes over as head of Chicago firm’s largest international practice
Linklaters real estate team departs for Swedish independent
Former real estate transactions practice heads Magnus Lidman and Anna Eriksson take five associates to Gernandt & Danielsson
Sidley Austin raises London NQ pay for second time this year
Pay climbs to £175k putting Chicago-based firm close to Quinn Emanuel’s and Gibson Dunn’s market-topping £180k
Former Labour leader to head Bar bullying review
Harriet Harman KC to lead independent review of bullying and harassment at the Bar launched by the Bar Council
Fenwick Elliott rings in new senior partner after 23 years
Karen Gidwani to succeed veteran leader Simon Tolson at helm of UK construction and energy boutique next April
King & Spalding adds four-partner finance team in London from Cadwalader
Fund finance and ESG partners make the move alongside team of associates
ExxonMobil names former Fox lawyer as next GC
Jeff Taylor will replace Craig Morford, who is retiring at the start of July
US data storage business Seagate fills vacant CLO seat with Maxar hire
Jim Lee replaces Kate Schuelke who joined Credo Technology in January
Hogan Lovells enters London pay war, ups NQ pay to £135k
Boost follows international Magic Circle firms upping NQ pay to £150k
Clyde & Co and RPC partners step up as LIDW co-chairs
Loukas Mistelis and Jonathan Cary join mediator Henrietta Jackson-Stops as London International Disputes Week chairs
Norton Rose Fulbright hires 12-strong investigations team from BCLP in the US
Group includes four partners and will be spread across firm’s St. Louis and Denver offices
Former Canadian chief justice is latest judge to step down from Hong Kong’s top court
Beverley McLachlin announces her retirement from the Court of Final Appeal as Lord Sumption speaks out against Hong Kong’s rule of law
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