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By Alex Newman | November 28, 2012
Linklaters has expanded its presence in the US, with the formal opening of a Washington DC office. The magic circle firm, which already has a 150-lawyer office in New York, said the Washington office will be led by New York co-managing partners Jeff Norton and Conrado Tenaglia, who will oversee both US offices.
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By Gerard Starkey | November 28, 2012
Kingsley Napley family law head Jane Keir is taking over as the firm's senior partner after incumbent Christopher Murray announced his retirement. As well as standing down as senior partner, Murray has also decided to withdraw from the firm's partnership. Both moves are effective as of 1 May next year.
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By Pui-Guan Man | November 26, 2012
Slaughter and May has elected head of dispute resolution Richard Clark as its new executive partner, succeeding current post-holder Graham White. Clark will take up a four-year term from 1 May 2013, taking responsibility for the firm's overall management strategy, covering issues relating to people, compliance, finance and systems.
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By Pui-Guan Man | November 26, 2012
Gateley is set to lay off around 20 fee earners across its offices in England. The firm's construction, real estate, dispute resolution and employment practices are among those which will be affected across its offices in Birmingham, London, Manchester and Nottingham.
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By Pui-Guan Man | November 22, 2012
Norton Rose chief executive Peter Martyr is gearing up to expand in locations including New York and Latin America as the firm prepares to go live with its $2bn (£1.26bn) merger with Houston's Fulbright & Jaworski in June 2013. The Norton Rose Fulbright tie-up will give the firm 800 lawyers across 11 offices in the US, with 110 of these in New York, including 50 partners.
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By Gerard Starkey | November 22, 2012
Howard Kennedy is set to cut up to 10 support staff roles ahead of its delayed merger with Finers Stephens Innocent (FSI). The London firm, which announced the redundancy consultation following an internal review, stated that the job losses were unrelated to the forthcoming merger.
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By Pui-Guan Man | November 22, 2012
Bird & Bird is set to merge with Danish firm Bender von Haller Dragsted (BvHD), handing the firm its third Nordic foothold. The UK firm signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the 16-lawyer boutique at the start of 2012 in a bid to expand its offering in the north European IT and media sectors.
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By Gerard Starkey | November 21, 2012
Kennedys is set to become the latest UK top 50 firm to move into Scotland, with partners voting on a potential merger with specialist insurance firm Simpson & Marwick later this week. The merger would hand Kennedys five offices in Scotland, with Simpson & Marwick having a presence in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and East Lothian.
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By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | November 20, 2012
Baker & McKenzie has become the latest international law firm to apply to open in South Korea following the country's move to liberalise its legal market last year. The US outfit is among a slew of global players eyeing the Asian sovereign state for opportunities, with Nam Hung Paik, an M&A partner in Bakers' corporate practice, appointed to lead the new office upon receiving the necessary approvals.
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By Gerard Starkey | November 19, 2012
Bluechip clients aggressively pressed down on legal costs in 2012, according to a major Legal Week research project which shows FTSE 100 clients slashing external spend in response to the uncertain global economy...
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By Gabrielle Orum Hernández | July 13, 2018
The firm is launching two new innovation projects, Clifford Chance Create and Clifford Chance Applied Solutions, to help the firm design and scale technology for clients.
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By Lizzy McLellan | July 12, 2018
This week's midsize law firm news brings about two of our hottest topics here at the Mid-Market Report: spin-off firms, and geographic expansion strategies.
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By Roy Strom | July 12, 2018
How can law firms change their governance or financial structure to incentivize more long-term thinking? A popular fast-casual restaurant chain could provide an important example.
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By Meghan Tribe | July 12, 2018
Less than a month after law firm and in-house participants delivered a first batch of diversity-themed “hacks” for the legal industry, a new crop of ideas is already beginning to take shape.
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By Keith Lipman | July 12, 2018
The solution starts with changing behavior at the partner level.
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By Dan Packel | July 12, 2018
Dechert's Miriam Gonzalez offers an insider look at the latest uncertainties over Brexit and what it means for lawyers in the U.S.
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By Ryan Lovelace | July 11, 2018
Lisa Phelan prosecuted hundreds of cases over more than two decades at the Justice Department.
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By Roy Strom | July 11, 2018
Kirkland & Ellis is expanding its operations in Texas after hiring a half-dozen lawyers from three rival Am Law 100 firms in Dallas. Kirkland also raided Latham & Watkins in Houston for the co-chair of its oil and gas team.
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By Xiumei Dong | July 10, 2018
Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht has brought on 13 new lawyers in the Big Apple, eight of them as partners.
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By Vivia Chen | July 10, 2018
Sometimes, it seems like ladies working in Big Law are just children in need of nourishment.
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