Pierson Ferdinand among largest law firm debuts in US history
DE&I champion Sandie Okoro awarded OBE while UK listings reformer Mark Austin becomes a CBE
Landmark research by the Legal Practice Management Association and Institute of Barristers’ Clerks found more than a quarter of Bar employees had been bullied
Neill Blundell joins having led Macfarlanes’ corporate crime and investigations practice
Sidley advises South Korea’s Coupang on its acquisition of troubled luxury e-commerce platform, advised by Latham
Carson McDowell will examine “regulatory events” leading up to Solicitors Regulation Authority’s intervention into firm
Team joins Clydes’ former Australia managing partner, Lucinda Lyons, at new firm
New York firm adds latest piece to jigsaw in drive to create elite UK law practice
Katie McMenamin’s exit follows funds duo Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond defecting to Simpson Thacher earlier this year
Simon Fraser will be based in Abu Dhabi; senior associate also moves across, as a partner
CC’s London private equity head joins alongside finance specialist just a few months after Paul Weiss’s eight-partner raid on Kirkland
Milbank and Wachtell advise US Steel as Ropes & Gray counsels Japan’s Nippon Steel on its biggest acquisistion to date
Linklaters lifer Mark Drury one of three partners to leave Magic Circle firm in recent days
Ten female lawyers make the grade, 70% of the cohort
A&O, Eversheds Sutherland, Simmons and Sullivan will join bank in seeking ways of “improving opportunities for minority talent”
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Volvo, Gallup, Grammarly and Aptia
Team advising medtech company on dispute before USPTO helped found A&O’s West Coast practice
Firm to employ consultancy to help find successor for Portnoy, whose term ends in November 2024
Van Gogh-inspired artwork was created by an artist and an AI app, the office has now refused to register it two times
Growth slows to 5.6% from 12.5% in 2021, according to TheCityUK’s annual UK legal services report