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Long wait over as Indian bar gives international law firms green light to set up local offices

Leading law firms line up to welcome long-awaited liberalisation of establishment rules

Howard Kennedy boosts arbitration practice with construction boutique merger

London law firm swells ranks with seven-lawyer team from Corbett & Co, including its highly regarded principal

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Baroness Floella Benjamin to host Women and Diversity in Law Awards

Prominent diversity and children’s rights campaigner will join 400 guests at next Tuesday’s awards in London

Dentons bolsters Asean footprint with Philippines tie-up

Combination with local ally PJS Law will hand global giant seventh office in the region

SVB collapse galvanizes tech sector lawyers as Clifford Chance advises HSBC on rescue of UK arm

Host of US and UK law firms called into action following Friday’s collapse of one of Silicon Valley's largest lenders

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Deals | UK

Wachtell and Sullivan & Cromwell called in for Pfizer’s blockbuster $43bn Seagen acquisition

Wachtell advises longtime client Pfizer as M&A chart topper Sullivan acts for cancer drug-maker Seagen

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Deals | US

Ince senior partner jumps ship to join marine insurer Gard

Listed UK law firm to phase out role following Julian Clark’s departure

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News | UK

Taylor Wessing raids two international rivals for Dublin partners

Senior lawyers join from Addleshaw Goddard and DWF as post-Brexit Irish legal market activity continues

Linklaters secures private equity ‘rising star’ in London from Travers Smith

Genna Marten exit sees top UK independent Travers lose another partner following spate of defections for US rivals

US companies spend record $3.5bn on class action defence in 2022, study finds

Majority of in-house teams are worried about growth in meritless claims, according to Carlton Fields

Sullivan & Cromwell adds PE star from Allen & Overy in rare London partner hire

Karan Dinamani joins elite US firm’s European PE and M&A teams after almost a decade at A&O

UK government poised to ratify Singapore Convention on Mediation

Move will strengthen mediation as a way to resolve cross-border disputes, lawyers say

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Cybersecurity unicorn Armis hires first CLO ahead of planned IPO

Efraim Harari joins fast-growing company in Palo Alto from listed network security player SentinelOne

BCLP teams up with clients to launch leadership programme for women lawyers

Project with companies including BT and Credit Agricole focuses on communications skills

Shearman & Sterling begins transition to next senior partner early following shelved Hogan Lovells merger talks

Litigation head Adam Hakki to succeed incumbent David Beveridge following election later this year

‘We can do more and do it better’: legal profession marks International Women’s Day

IBA launches new event to guide young women lawyers as Law Society underscores need to address remaining inequities around pay disparity and career progression

Climate change and energy transition to heat up Middle East disputes landscape

ESG risk among topics discussed at ADGM’s flagship RESOLVE event in Abu Dhabi

Gordon & Rees adds 30-strong East Coast team from regional defence litigation firm Marks O’Neill

Team led by eight partners joins Am Law 100 firm across New York, New Jersey and Westchester offices

Saudi Arabia grants first foreign licences to trio of international firms

Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills and Latham & Watkins become first foreign law firms granted licences to practise in the Kingdom under new rules

Taylor Wessing and ECIJA unveil 'strategic alliance'

Deal will see Anglo German and Spanish firms collaborate with focus on TMT and life sciences sector

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