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Essex Court reveals new joint heads of chambers
Following David Foxton QC’s elevation to the High Court, Essex Court has now confirmed its new joint heads of chambers, with Joe Smouha QC and Huw Davies QC set to take over the reins. The pair’s appointment at the magic circle set will come into full effect as of 10 January, as they prepare to […]
Winston to close final Middle East office in Dubai
Squire Patton Boggs has added a three-partner team to its Dubai office from Winston & Strawn, as the latter shuts its sole Middle Eastern office after five years in the city. Campbell Steedman, Winston & Strawn’s former Middle East managing partner, and corporate partner Christopher Skipper have both joined Squire Patton Boggs’ corporate practice together […]
Clifford Chance wins role on Apple’s licensing agreement with UK chip maker
A partner duo from Clifford Chance has taken legal duties for UK chip designer Imagination Technologies as part of a license contract with Apple that will revive a relationship that ended a few years ago. The multi-year license agreement marks a new collaboration between Apple and Imagination Technologies, which in the past provided graphic chips […]
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Top 50 US law firms in London
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table with considerable revenue growth.
Essex Court reveals new joint heads of chambers
Following David Foxton QC’s elevation to the High Court, Essex Court has now confirmed its new joint heads of chambers, with Joe Smouha QC and Huw Davies QC set to take over the reins. The pair’s appointment at the magic circle set will come into full effect as of 10 January, as they prepare to […]
Winston to close final Middle East office in Dubai
Squire Patton Boggs has added a three-partner team to its Dubai office from Winston & Strawn, as the latter shuts its sole Middle Eastern office after five years in the city. Campbell Steedman, Winston & Strawn’s former Middle East managing partner, and corporate partner Christopher Skipper have both joined Squire Patton Boggs’ corporate practice together […]
Clifford Chance wins role on Apple’s licensing agreement with UK chip maker
A partner duo from Clifford Chance has taken legal duties for UK chip designer Imagination Technologies as part of a license contract with Apple that will revive a relationship that ended a few years ago. The multi-year license agreement marks a new collaboration between Apple and Imagination Technologies, which in the past provided graphic chips […]
Hogan Lovells loses another senior partner as Birmingham chief departs
The head of Hogan Lovells’ Birmingham office Michael Gallimore has become the latest senior partner to leave the firm, prompting a change in leadership for the firm’s Midlands outpost. Gallimore has joined boutique planning firm Town Legal after over 30 years at Hogan Lovells. Having made partner in 1988, he was made head of planning […]
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has hired its second restructuring specialist in the City, as firms look to bulk up amid a wave of deal opportunities. The London outpost of the US firm has hired partner Mandip Englund, who has spent almost two years at Reed Smith. She will work within Fried Frank’s global […]
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Members of The Lawyer Hot 100 have just two things in common. The first is excellence. Every year, our Hot 100 covers an incredibly diverse mix of legal professionals: scrappers from the rough and tumble of criminal law; sharp-suited corporate dealmakers; intellectuals and silver-tongued advocates from barristers’ profession; the in-house counsel with the ear of […]
Clifford Chance sets up working groups to tackle retention issues
Clifford Chance is starting a series of focus groups in its London office that will look at ways to boost ethnic minority retention rates in coming years. Starting later this month and ending in the first weeks of February, the firm has formed focus groups consisting of people of ethnic minorities and white colleagues – […]
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