London’s Clifford Chance today laid off 24 of its New York associates. It is expected that the firm will announce further layoffs...
Over five years, London firms’ hiring of lateral partners has almost doubled, from 42 hires in 2004 to 79 in 2008. The...
Birmingham, UK-based law firm Clarke Willmott wants to cut staff work hours at its Bristol office to four days a week, in...
SJ Berwin is launching a new dedicated China and East Asia practice with an office in Hong Kong. The firm’s first office...
UK law firm Watson Burton has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 25% of its staff. The firm is in consultation with 75...
Jones Day opened an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates this week. The office is the 32nd location of the biglaw firm,...
Last week we reported that London’s Clifford Chance would vote on a new temporary rules that would make it easier to oust...
Richmond, Virginia-based McGuire Woods will acquire London’s Grundberg Mocatta Rakison. The merger will add 36 attorneys to the McGuire roster. US law...
Earlier this month, UK City firm CMS Cameron McKenna asked its equity partners to volunteer to become fixed-share partners. Now the firm...
Freshfields will add at least 15 lawyers to its Munich office, including four partners who will relocate from Frankfurt. Yorck Jetter, Matthias-Gabriel...
Chicago’s Mayer Brown has laid off 55 lawyers and support staff from its London office. A breakdown of the layoffs has not...
Hood Vores & Allwood has laid off two lawyers and four support staff, the result of a redundancy consultation begun in January....
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