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Kirkland trainee retention in London falls to 50%

27 July 2017 11:59 27 July 2017 13:49

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Mayer Brown and BLP lead on £1.28bn Walkie Talkie sale

27 July 2017 11:06 27 July 2017 11:26

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Ashurst’s New York retreat is a bet it can’t afford to lose

27 July 2017 08:29 27 July 2017 08:33

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Ukraine $3bn sovereignty struggle with Russia delayed until 2018

27 July 2017 08:20 27 July 2017 09:50

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Linklaters hires Clifford Chance Frankfurt partner

27 July 2017 08:15 27 July 2017 08:15

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Freshfields’ Pugh to step down in shock management shakeup

26 July 2017 17:06 26 July 2017 17:30

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Snap searches for new GC after stock market listing

26 July 2017 14:18 26 July 2017 14:18

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Mishcon and Fountain Court lose Mike Ashley £15m lawsuit

26 July 2017 12:45 26 July 2017 13:01

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Former HKCC general counsel joins O’Melveny

26 July 2017 11:18 26 July 2017 11:44

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Unison wins Supreme Court case against ‘unlawful’ employment tribunal fees

26 July 2017 11:06 26 July 2017 12:01

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Indian market liberalisation imminent, law firms told

26 July 2017 07:00 26 July 2017 15:12

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Fieldfisher’s LexisOne “teething problems” causes billing delays

26 July 2017 07:00 25 July 2017 21:27

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Kirkland to advise Rio Tinto in SFO probe

25 July 2017 15:40 25 July 2017 15:53

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O’Melveny Beijing chief leaves for Hogan Lovells

25 July 2017 14:09 25 July 2017 14:22

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Keir Starmer u-turns on Mishcon job offer

25 July 2017 11:41 25 July 2017 12:27

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Jones Day toppled as world’s biggest litigation firm

25 July 2017 11:06 25 July 2017 11:30

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Litigation tracker: the UK’s litigation heavyweights and their favourite chambers

25 July 2017 11:01 25 July 2017 11:04

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Freshfields and Slaughters lead on Jimmy Choo’s £896m sale

25 July 2017 10:18 25 July 2017 12:07

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King & Spalding and One Essex Court join “arms race” against RBS

25 July 2017 10:00 25 July 2017 11:45

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Charles Russell Speechlys PEP rises 8 per cent to £426,000

25 July 2017 07:11 25 July 2017 07:40

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Sidley Austin outlines new 15-year private equity strategy

25 July 2017 07:00 24 July 2017 18:23

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Carillion kickstarts biannual legal panel review amid profit struggles

25 July 2017 07:00 25 July 2017 07:44

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Charity gains ground in RBS and NatWest mis-selling claim

25 July 2017 07:00 25 July 2017 09:10

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Top 50 disputes firms bill a record $29bn

24 July 2017 16:36 24 July 2017 17:14

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Global growth obsession: Six firms that are setting the trend

5 July 2017 07:00 5 July 2017 11:26

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Herbert Smith Freehills tops mammoth settlements in 2017

20 June 2017 07:00 21 June 2017 11:34

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The sad story of Cobbetts

23 May 2017 12:35 23 May 2017 12:50

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Clifford Chance lances the boil with lockstep review

17 May 2017 13:16 13 June 2017 12:07

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LIA SocGen settlement: This saga is nowhere near over

17 May 2017 11:00 17 May 2017 11:04

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How partner exits sparked Ashurst’s strategy u-turn

12 May 2017 08:00 11 May 2017 18:27

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Tomorrowland: What you need to know about your future

27 April 2017 15:36 26 June 2017 11:57

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Norton Rose Fulbright-Chadbourne merger: US benefits won’t help London

18 April 2017 09:30 18 April 2017 09:36

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Litigation spotlight: Ukraine and Russia’s $3bn power struggle

12 April 2017 15:29 13 April 2017 15:47

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HSF may have a growth plan, but its US and Asia ambitions fall short

6 April 2017 07:00 6 April 2017 11:22

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Gowling WLG and Stephenson Harwood lead IPO rankings in market decline

24 March 2017 01:12 24 March 2017 01:12

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Hong Kong departure: has Davis Polk grown too large, too quickly?

22 March 2017 14:00 22 March 2017 14:48

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Dentons merges with Maclay Murray & Spens

21 July 2017 13:00 21 July 2017 15:01

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DWF breaks into Latin America through local tie-ups

13 July 2017 07:00 13 July 2017 09:00

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Kennedys strengthens Manchester with nine-partner merger

29 June 2017 17:00 18 July 2017 11:26

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Clydes and HFW lead UK firms’ expansion in the US

16 June 2017 07:00 6 July 2017 14:27

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Hogan Lovells launches in Boston with local tie-up

15 June 2017 16:17 18 July 2017 11:39

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Addleshaws and Luther: “Best friends” but no merger

14 June 2017 17:14 16 June 2017 10:36

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Burges Salmon breaks seven year growth streak with PEP drop

24 July 2017 09:00 24 July 2017 09:37

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Withers turnover rises 8 per cent as firm promotes six City lawyers

17 July 2017 10:31 17 July 2017 10:31

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Shepherd & Wedderburn down 5 per cent in “year of investment”

14 July 2017 15:03 14 July 2017 15:03

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Norton Rose partners “frustrated” at flat profits despite global growth

14 July 2017 07:30 14 July 2017 12:31

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Ashurst loses finance group in New York after restructure

24 July 2017 14:19 24 July 2017 18:38

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Freshfields enters IP market in the US with Paul Weiss hire

24 July 2017 14:00 24 July 2017 14:24

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Keir Starmer QC to join Mishcon de Reya as legal adviser

24 July 2017 07:00 24 July 2017 21:34

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Enyo founder leaves for new role at litigation activist group

19 July 2017 07:00 19 July 2017 10:48

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Asia moves: Sony Pictures Greater China GC joins Chinese firm Haiwen

18 July 2017 12:46 18 July 2017 12:46

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Gibson Dunn targets Ashurst again with German hire

18 July 2017 10:55 18 July 2017 11:12

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