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McCann FitzGerald and William Fry cut pay as Covid-19 reverses Brexit optimism in Ireland
Dr David Cowan reports on how the Irish legal profession is responding to coronavirus
Seyfarth Shaw forms coalition to prevent impact of Covid-19 from undermining diversity
US firm teams up with array of representative groups to establish The Belonging Project
Facebook's digital currency project Libra names HSBC's chief legal officer as first CEO
Stuart Levey will join the Libra Association in the summer with a mission to allay regulators' concerns about the currency
Stephenson Harwood pulls out of Beijing after Asia strategy review
CEO Eifion Morris restates commitment to Hong Kong although firm will shift the focus of its practice
Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown become latest top 20 US firms to cut associate pay
Duo join Baker McKenzie and Norton Rose Fulbright in reducing salaries in response to Covid-19
Deutsche Bank names long-time in-house lawyer as new GC
Karen Kuder replaces Florian Drinhausen, who quit as GC in April after two years in the job
Slaughter and May appoints new practice heads across five teams
Leadership changes see Philip Snell step up to head of financing and Richard Swallow heading up disputes
Kirkland & Ellis hires Wachtell Lipton M&A partner in latest assault on Wall Street elite
Edward Lee joins Chicago giant after advising on 2019's two highest-value deals in rare partner loss for Wachtell
US firms see sharp slowdown in new matters as coronavirus dents demand, study finds
Clio research shows that matter creation has fallen by 30% since the start of the year
Dentons opens for business in Argentina
Global law firm unveils combination with leading Argentinian firm Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena
Mishcon de Reya hires two-partner Withers team to open in Singapore
Top 30 UK firm looks east as it targets private client work having recently pulled out of New York
RPC Singapore joint venture hires trio of partners from Bird & Bird
Appointments help bolster firm's disputes team after mass-defection to Drew & Napier last year
Herbert Smith Freehills unveils streamlined leadership structure as it refreshes executive team
Incoming CEO Justin D'Agostino divides firm into two regions and appoints trio of partners to revamped executive board
CMS replaces Eversheds Sutherland as leading UK law firm brand in Acritas survey
Pinsent Masons, DLA Piper and Freshfields also make the top five of the Acritas 2020 UK brand index
'A passionate champion for social justice' - victims of Covid-19 remembered
Quinn Emanuel partner Steven Edwards, two distinguished retired judges and a prominent LGBT rights campaigner are among lawyers who have died
Macfarlanes hires former Lord Chancellor and no-deal Brexit campaigner David Gauke
High-profile Conservative Party Brexit rebel signs up with former firm as head of policy
BCLP Cubed strikes partnership with Siemens' app development platform Mendix
Tie-up allows BCLP to build rapid tech solutions for in-house teams to support high-volume work
DLA Piper targets New York and Chicago as it promotes 67 partners across its network
Partner appointments jump in the US but fall in continental Europe as the total number of promotions dips from 2019
Mueller probe lawyer Andrew Weissmann to return to Jenner & Block
Former Russia investigation and mafia prosecutor to rejoin firm on 1 July
Asia round-up: Withers grows arbitration in Hong Kong while Ashurst targets Singapore funds work
King & Wood Mallesons and Latham & Watkins also add to the roster of Asia lateral moves with M&A hires
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