International Legal News

Breaking with the past - Freshfields' landmark choice for its next senior partner

Appointment of Georgia Dawson promises to energise magic circle firm's diversity drive

Goodwin Procter's London arm secures five-partner Sidley private equity team

Partner duo credited with kick-starting Sidley's European practice lead defection to rival

Crowell beefs up Brussels-based trade team with double lawyer hire

Vassilis Akritidis and Lorenzo Di Masi join from DWF, which announced its exit from Brussels in June

Freshfields becomes first magic circle UK firm to appoint a woman leader

Asia head Georgia Dawson takes top role; one of three co-managing partners to be based in US

Omni Bridgeway bulks up New York office with triple hire

Litigation funder adds two legal counsel and signs up a former Lehman Brothers GC to its investment committee

Venture capital firms under pressure to cut legal spend as deal-making declines, study finds

Majority of US and UK venture capital firms also lack trust in law firm billing accuracy, according to Apperio

Hogan Lovells fintech incubator programme unveils latest cohort

Eight companies come under firm's wing - from start-ups to 'momentum players'

Mishcon makes first Singapore partner-level lateral since office launch

Dispute resolution specialist exits Singapore boutique less than a year after joining

Clyde & Co to offer global private prosecutions service amid Covid-19 trial delays

Service allows clients to privately pursue criminal cases such as fraud and regulatory offences

Doing business in a better world: law firms back sustainable development

Host of law firm leaders pledge to steer world onto a ?more equitable, inclusive and sustainable path?