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Linklaters secures renewable energy partner duo in New York as it targets US energy transition work

Hires from White & Case and Troutman Pepper come as Inflation Reduction Act heralds clean energy investment boom

Pinsent Masons hires senior investor-state arbitration partner in London from Jones Day

Sylvia Tonova joins to co-lead Pinsents’ investor-state dispute settlement team

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Kingsley Napley adds Ince partner in London to launch IP disputes practice

Melanie Hart joins UK firm’s commercial litigation team to expand contentious data protection and IP services

Morgan Lewis adds 20-strong Shearman & Sterling team for Munich launch

As talks with Hogan Lovells are abandoned, Shearman suffers latest exits from European network

Baker McKenzie's Belgium head departs as firm completes review into Brussels office discrimination claims

Global giant to assemble new management team after allegations surfaced in email from departing lawyer to colleagues

Hogan Lovells and Shearman & Sterling call off merger talks

Deal 'not in the best interest of either firm', duo confirm as Shearman's Munich office decamps to Morgan Lewis

MoFo and Freshfields advise on Fujitsu’s €432m takeover of Germany's GK Software

Deal features undertaking by GK Software's founders to sell their shareholdings

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Addleshaw Goddard signals Middle East ambitions as it adds partners from Bracewell and Latham & Watkins for Riyadh debut

UK firm’s fourth office in the region to launch with five partners and eight-strong team of lawyers and paralegals

Spencer West enters three new European markets

Fast-growing UK alternative law firm sets up shop in Germany, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands

'We are always alive to opportunities' - Reed Smith's first woman leader takes helm after predecessor's abrupt career change

Casey Ryan has taken over from Sandy Thomas mid-way through his term following his decision to join a not-for-profit

Garrigues sustains growth streak as turnover rises 7% to top €443m

Leading Spanish firm points to involvement in major M&A transactions as its ups revenue by €29m, the most in its history

Clifford Chance targets Singapore's digital transformation drive with top-level hire from Norton Rose Fulbright

NRF's former global tech co-head to lead Magic Circle firm’s 600-strong tech group in Asia-Pacific

Call for entries: Luxury Law Awards 2023

Ceremony will take place during Luxury Law Summit at London’s British Museum

Allen & Overy flags eco-credentials as it signs deal to move Sydney team to landmark 33 Alfred Street Tower

UK firm to lease 2,500 sq metres of historic tower from 2025 following eco-friendly refurbishment

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Marks & Clerk fails in bid to throw out group 'opt out' claim relating to alleged secret commissions

IP firm alleged to have received secret payments from services provider CPA Global for referring clients

Latham & Watkins makes up 23 counsel to partner in latest round

US-heavy cohort follows 44 associates making partner in January in record-tying round

Legal ethics academic enlisted to advise on compensation scheme for Post Office scandal victims

Richard Moorhead joins independent board advising on scheme for postmasters whose settlement was swallowed up by legal costs

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Duane Morris names London and Chicago partner duo as arbitration practice co-chairs

Vijay Bange and Owen Newman will lead further expansion of the firm’s global arbitration team

One year on, International Bar Association vows continued support for Ukraine

IBA underscores efforts to ensure legal accountability on first anniversary of Russian invasion

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Securities class action settlements grew 142% globally in 2022

Settlement recovery opportunities topped $7.4bn last year according to new report from Broadridge as market rebounded after Covid-19 pandemic

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