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New York State Senator who sponsored Fashion Act to speak at upcoming Luxury Law Summit Americas

Senator Alessandra Biaggi will join senior names from global brands including Burberry and Louis Vuitton America

Womble Bond Dickinson and UK's BDB Pitmans in merger talks

Deal would create transatlantic firm with around 1,100 fee earners and revenue of more than £500m

Meta associate GC among five partners joining DWF

New arrivals join corporate, dispute resolution and finance and restructuring teams in UK and Saudi Arabia

Firms including DLA Piper, Linklaters back study into lack of black partners in the UK

'The 1% Study’ outlines steps law firms should take to boost number of senior black lawyers

Brown Rudnick shutters Paris office after nine years

Closure leaves London as Am Law 200 firm's only international location

Osborne Clarke names real estate lawyer as new UK managing partner

Conrad Davies, international head of the firm’s urban dynamics group, will replace Ray Berg

Gide Loyrette Nouel adds seven-strong team in Paris from Shearman & Sterling

Partners Sami Toutounji and Françoise Even arrive with their team to establish employee shareholding practice

Top 100 UK firms see average fee income grow over past financial year, study finds

Talent shortages and macroeconomic challenges expected to weigh in year ahead, according to PwC survey

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HSF disputes partner elected as president of the Law Society of Western Australia

Ante Golem underscores focus on diversity & inclusion, wellbeing and pro bono initiatives during his tenure

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HFW builds in Hong Kong with hire of Tanner De Witt's former head of arbitration

Arrival of Hong Kong, English and BVI-qualified ex-Slaughter and May counsel follows HFW's launch of a BVI office earlier this year

Shearman & Sterling launches legal operations offering for in-house teams

Dedicated service intended to ‘close the gap’ between legal ops and tech providers and unmet client need

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Baker McKenzie reports flat profits as revenue rises 5.5% to $3.3bn

Net income level at $1.24bn after record jump in FY21; global giant points to rise in costs as Covid-19 impact fades

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Law Society of England & Wales elects first Asian and Muslim president

Lubna Shuja succeeds Stephanie Boyce, marking the first time the Law Society has had two consecutive women presidents

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Freshfields hires leading environmental consultant to head client sustainability offering

Jake Reynolds joins from Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership

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Dentons announces ‘historic’ combination with India’s Link Legal

Move sees Dentons become first international law firm to combine with a law firm in India

Majority of UK managing partners say war for talent is biggest business concern, study finds

Byfield survey shows managing partners are also worried about hybrid working and rising costs

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Morgan Lewis adds highly-rated global aviation finance team from K&L Gates

Three partners and a further five lawyers join US firm in London, Dubai, and Singapore

Brexit to help boost UK competition law demand over next year, study shows

LexisNexis report also predicts sharp decline in corporate law demand

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Linklaters unveils global diversity and inclusion billable credit scheme

Up to 100 hours of DE&I work to be recognised under policy pioneered in the US

Gibson Dunn, Selmer and Wikborg Rein advise on KKR’s purchase of minority stake in Norwegian fibre business

KKR-led consortium acquires 30% of Telenor Fiber, a spin-off from Norwegian telecoms company Telenor

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