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Allen & Overy overtakes Linklaters with four per cent revenue growth to £1.69bn
Eagerly awaited results see UK magic circle duo hail robust performances in face of Covid-19 despite dips in PEP
Information aggregator tool to offer paid-for insight into leading arbitrators
Arbitrator Intelligence looks to the open up market by publishing feedback on arbitrators
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner to close Beijing office and cut up to 40 London staff
Job losses in UK capital part of 'targeted reductions' as firm-wide 15% pay cut is halved for remainder of year
Clifford Chance pledges at least 40 per cent of its global partners will be women by 2030
UK magic circle firm also sets first LGBT+ and ethnicity targets as it ramps up inclusivity drive
Revenue growth dips as CMS records global income of €1.43bn
UK LLP revenue growth also slips as firm sets down marker for Brexit and Covid-19 impacted results
'It could unravel very quickly' - Beijing's security law is testing Hong Kong's famed resilience
International law firms are likely to stick by Hong Kong despite rule of law concerns - at least for now
Deloitte steps up US legal push with launch of Legal Business Services arm
Big Four giant hires executives from managed legal services rivals to ramp up offering to in-house legal departments
Clyde & Co secures trio of partner hires including former Pinsent Masons head of cyber
IP and construction also targeted as two partners join in London and one in Dubai since start of July
McCullough Robertson partner joins London arbitration chambers as it makes first Australia hire
Russell Thirgood is the latest senior practitioner to join Int-Arb Arbitrators & Mediators since its January launch
Nearly quarter of lawyers fear impact of digitalisation and AI on legal profession, survey finds
The MOSAIC Mood Index also shows the vast majority of lawyers are taking work-related stress home with them
Dentons closes Aberdeen and Watford offices as part of remote working review
Legal Delivery Centre also to go 'fully virtual' as firm seeks to 'redefine' UK office space requirements
Latin America Covid-19 woes see region's M&A activity plunge to lowest on record
Deal value in first six months of the year falls below previous record low in 2003, Mergermarket report shows
Asia Pacific region least impacted by coronavirus-fuelled global M&A slowdown
Indian law firms dominate top echelons of Mergermarket's APAC M&A advisory league tables
Dentons delays launch of Dublin office due to Covid-19
Plans for opening of 'fully operational' Irish branch in Q2 are put back to September
DWF axes flexible resourcing arm and central services roles in £15m cost-cutting drive
UK listed firm reports 'positive' trading momentum as further details of cost savings emerge
Baker McKenzie sets up taskforce to improve racial and ethnic diversity
Group tasked with overseeing allyship and anti-racism training and reviewing recruitment programmes
Technology risk moves to top of GCs agendas, major survey finds
Poll of 160 UK board directors and GCs finds them recognising the challenges posed by digitalisation
Freshfields and DLA Piper top European H1 M&A tables for value and volume as deal activity plunges
Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith Freehills jump up rankings as Slaughter and May drops out of top 20
No more being 'othered' - 17 top firms make UK Race Fairness Commitment
Magic circle firms among those pledging to monitor career progress of black and other ethnic minority lawyers to stamp out institutional racism
Covid-19 sees US M&A activity suffer bigger decline than during financial crisis
Wachtell Lipton and Kirkland & Ellis cling on to top league table positions despite slowdown
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