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Morgan Lewis hires five-strong patent prosecution team from Duane Morris

Team is led by Duane Morris’s former Silicon Valley managing partner Manita Rawat

Global art advisory Gurr Johns launches $100m art lending fund

Offshore law firm Carey Olsen's Jersey investment funds team advised on the matter

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News | UK

Law Society of England and Wales unveils workplace diversity and inclusion road map

Framework aims to help law firms take strategic rather than reactive approach to D&I

Clyde & Co secures victory for top barrister in tax scheme claim by ex-footballers and law firm partners

Nearly £1m costs awarded as High Court claims by 123 high net worth individuals are 'dismissed in entirety' ahead of slated January trial

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News | UK

HFW continues Australia growth with shipping partner hire from local boutique in Perth

Australia is UK firm’s third-largest market globally after London and Hong Kong

Latham and Linklaters advise on £1.3bn US takeover of UK waste business Biffa

Transatlantic take private sees Los Angeles giant's client snap up FTSE 250 business

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Deals | UK

Resourcing specialist LOD and legaltech consultancy SYKE team up to open first US office

New York launch to target lucrative US in-house market and follows 2021 strategic partnership

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Jones Day partner named as Western Australia's first Aboriginal Supreme Court judge

Global firm praises Michael Lundberg's 'outstanding legal acumen and personal integrity' ahead of 'historic move'

Clyde & Co secures CMS construction co-head in London

Hire of Victoria Peckett follows UK firm building construction capabilities in Canada and Latin America

Adams and Reese launches practice dedicated to historically black colleges

Am Law 200 firm's new practice to advise on matters including government relations and federal funding

Baker McKenzie elects Bangkok and San Francisco partner duo to global leadership team

Peerapan Tungsuwan and Joyce Smith replace Michael Wong and Michael Santa Maria on the firm’s executive committee

Midsize US firms see demand growth outpace top 100 firms for first time since 2015 - study

Demand growth hit 1.7% in the first half of 2022 compared to a 0.2% decline for big firms

Women solicitor ranks growing at more than three times rate of men in England and Wales

Number of solicitors with practising certificates reaches all-time high with women now accounting for 53% of total

Advent hires Ropes & Gray’s global private equity head as new GC

Amanda McGrady Morrison replaces James Westra, who is retiring at the end of this year

Fried Frank hires senior private equity partner from Travers Smith in London

New York firm flags European M&A and private equity as key part of global client strategy

Kirkland & Ellis secures Allen & Overy's global infrastructure co-head in London

Sara Pickersgill joins to lead US giant's European energy and infrastructure growth push

Davis Polk, Slaughters and Freshfields called in for secondary listing of Tencent Music in Hong Kong

Chinese firms Han Kun Law Offices and CM Law firm also act on the matter along with offshore specialists Maples Group

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Majority of in-house departments not prioritising transformation, study finds

ACC and DISCO survey finds that only 30% of in-house teams are investing significantly in transformation

Squire Patton Boggs adds private equity team from Lamy Lexel in Paris

Partner Arnaud Lafarge joins alongside two associates as latest in string of private equity hires for US firm in Paris

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