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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer makes up 21 partners in male-dominated round
Four women promoted to partnership; US arm boosted by four partner appointments across New York and Washington DC
Herbert Smith Freehills unveils largest partner promotions round for eight years
First pro bono partner among 26 lawyers promoted to partnership across Europe, Asia and Australia
IBA condemns arrests of top Hong Kong barristers over 2019 pro-democracy protests
Barristers Martin Lee QC and Dr Margaret Ng were last year awarded the IBA's Human Rights Award for defending the rule of law
Morrison & Foerster hires Freshfields' US M&A head in New York
MoFo hails sustained New York push with eye-catching hire from UK rival
London dominates Linklaters partner appointments as it misses gender target
Three women appointed to competition team, but gender balance slips below 30% target
LatAm round-up: Kennedys grows in Peru and McDermott hires private client team from DLA Piper
Polsinelli and Herbert Smith Freehills also make Latin America-focused appointments, in Miami and London respectively
Singapore's global dispute resolution reputation grows as arbitration cases hit record in 2019
Corporate disputes saw biggest rise at SIAC as cases from India and the Philippines increased
Global duo Hogan Lovells and Ashurst unveil Covid-19 measures
Ashurst cuts associate hours and pay by 20%; Hogan Lovells delays some partner distributions and bonuses
Client entertainment under lockdown: the show can go on
Dutch firm Houthoff offers clients 'virtual night out' with exclusive streaming of popular ballet
IP rights gain traction in China as it supplants US as the world's most active WIPO patent filer
America loses top spot for the first time in almost half a century; expert points to 'dramatic' improvement in China enforcement regime
Norton Rose Fulbright's EMEA staff back Covid-19 part-time working scheme
More than 90% of employees volunteer for Flex programme allowing firm to cut hours by 20%
CMS promotes 17 women to partnership although gender split declines after record 2019
Forty-one per cent of 2020 partner intake at global firm are women with a 50/50 split in London
Husch Blackwell elects firm's first female chairperson
Catherine Hanaway, former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, will replace outgoing chair Greg Smith
Cuatrecasas raises extra €20m from partners in response to Covid-19
Leading Spanish firm gains 'peace of mind' after partners volunteer additional capital
Baker McKenzie becomes first top 20 Am Law firm to announce salary cuts in the US
Global giant imposes 15% pay cuts for high earners in US with 10% reductions in Canada in response to Covid-19
DLA Piper announces new US co-managing partners as part of wider national reshuffle
Jackie Kim Park and Richard Chesley replace Stasia Kelly who moves to client relations role
Asia Pacific M&A slowdown fails to derail region's top deal advisers
Freshfields, Allen & Overy and Cyril Amarchand all improve on 1Q19 performance
Political uncertainty weighs on Latin America M&A activity in first quarter
Covid-19 slower to impact region as Debevoise, Weil Gotshal and Gibson Dunn lead advisory rankings
LCM hires construction veteran as it prepares to transfer leadership from Sydney to London
Former Gowling WLG partner James Foster signs up while CEO gears up for UK transfer
Hogan Lovells' new CEO announces major overhaul of structure and leadership
UK merged into new EMEA grouping as firm's centre of gravity shifts away from London ten years after transatlantic merger
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