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CMS has promoted 56 partners in its latest promotions round, including 22 across the UK
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority has launched a fund to help aspiring lawyers from disadvantaged backgrounds cover the costs of sitting the Solicitors Qualifying Examination
#legalnews #diversityinlaw

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Akin has joined the throng of law firms opening in Saudi Arabia, hiring a project finance partner from White & Case ahead of launching an office in Riyadh later this year
#legalnews #saudiarabia #lawfirms

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Reed Smith has posted the best financial results in its nearly 150-year history for 2024, with global revenue exceeding $1.5bn and profit per equity partner rising nearly 14% to $1.8m
#legalnews #lawfirms #profits

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IBM has won its closely watched London litigation against Swiss software company LzLabs in an IP licensing and trade secrets dispute
#legalnews #disputes #iplaw

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Ropes & Gray has officially launched in Paris with a large team from Clifford Chance, led by a trio of partners working across private equity M&A and banking and finance
#legalnews #lawfirms #parislawyer

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Holland & Hart has added a pair of environmental partners from Perkins Coie to open an office in Phoenix, as it moves to exploit the fast-growing market's demand for expertise across the energy, environmental and construction sectors
#legalnews #lawfirms

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Perkins Coie has tapped leading IP boutique Finnegan for a pair of senior litigators, building on recent IP partner hires in New York and Washington DC
#litigation #tech #lawfirms #legalnews

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Latham & Watkins has reported a bumper set of results for 2024, growing its revenue by more than a fifth to a record $7bn and profit per equity partner by nearly 30% to $7.1m.
#lawfirms #legalnews #businessboom

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Listed UK law firm Knights has made its largest acquisition to date with a £30m deal for South East firm IBB Law
#legalnews #lawfirms #lawfirmgrowth

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Eversheds Sutherland has significantly boosted its US tax controversy offering with a 12-lawyer team in Atlanta hired from tax specialist Chamberlain Hrdlicka
#legalnews #lawfirms #taxlaw

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Pallas Partners has hired two partners from Kasowitz Benson Torres in New York, as the litigation continues to build its bench on both sides of the Atlantic
#legalnews #lawfirms #NYClawyers

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Chief legal officers at European companies are increasingly expanding their influence beyond legal matters, according to a new Association of Corporate Counsel study
#inhousecounsel #corporatecounsel

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Private equity investment in the UK legal sector reached a record high of £534m in 2024, spurred by significant capital reserves and the country's liberalised legal market, according to new research by Acquira
#legalnews #privateequity

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Fast-growing Spanish law firm Pérez-Llorca grew revenue 33% to a record €165m last year, up from 10% growth the year before
#legalnews #lawfirms #revenuegrowth

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"It's a shame for the parties and courts, but not the lawyers, that it cost almost £90m to get that result” - the legal profession reflects on the landmark Mastercard settlement
#legalnews #classactions

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Gunnercooke has hired a five-partner team from FisherBroyles to open an office in Chicago, the second for the UK-headquartered platform firm after the New York base it opened in 2022
#legalnews #lawfirms

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Paul Hastings has hit Latham & Watkins in Boston for highly rated tech and IP lawyer Sarah Gagan, who will co-chair the firm's new global tech transactions practice
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Freshfields has continued its push into the US market with a new office in Boston, which will be led a senior M&A partner the firm has recruited from Latham & Watkins
#lawfirms #legalnews #bostonlaw

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Hot on the heels of its launch in Atlanta last month, Reed Smith has opened an office in Denver with a slew of partnets hired from five rivals
#legalnews #lawfirms

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