Bevan Brittan has revealed it will not re-tender for a spot on the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) panel following the departure of former head of commercial litigation Iain Miller to Kingsley Napley.
US firm Winston & Strawn has hired a second partner from rival White & Case in the Middle East.
King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) China leadership has flown into London to talk to EUME bosses about potential plans to purchase parts of the business, The Lawyer has learned.
Clyde & Co has launched a consultation to cut fee-earner roles in its London aviation practice as part of a restructuring exercise to improve profitability.
Standard Chartered has hired Barclays’ group regulatory counsel Chris Allen as its new general counsel for clients and products.
Addleshaw Goddard, Clifford Chance and Linklaters have joined Eversheds at the top of the table of panel appointments in the third quarter of 2016, data from The Lawyer Market Intelligence has revealed.
Linklaters has successfully secured planning permission for the City of London’s tallest building, 1 Undershaft, for its client Aroland Holdings.
Eminent Singapore corporate lawyer and chairman of leading firm Allen & Gledhill, Lucien Wong is leaving private practice to become the nation’s next attorney general.
CMS Cameron McKenna has finally confirmed Nabarro and Olswang will move into two floors of its Cannon Place headquarters.
Greenberg Traurig has joined Dentons in talks to takeover large chunks of King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) EUME business, The Lawyer understands. 28 Nov: KWM litigation head Pollack set to move to Covington
Hill Dickinson net profit has jumped 14 per cent to £17.7m after the firm introduced a number of “financial disciplines” to improve its bottom line.
Olswang’s Paris office has been shut out of the merger negotiations with CMS and Nabarro, The Lawyer understands. 4 Nov: Olswang Europe offices left out in the cold on three-way merger