UK financial services giant Legal & General Group has named Maria Alvarez-Scott as its next general counsel, replacing ...

Red Lion Chambers has hired Harbour Litigation Funding’s former director of legal finance and sales Maurice MacSweeney in a ...

Ropes & Gray has made a twin partner hire in Paris from Linklaters to boost its European private funds and tax coverage.

Paul Hastings has hired two fund finance teams from Haynes Boone and Cadwalder Wickersham & Shaft to launch in Charlotte. The incoming teams include Haynes Boone partners Holly Loftis, Aleksandra ...

Counsel hires also hit a five-year high, reaching 1,974 – a 12% gain on 2024. Gordon & Rees led counsel hires with 101, followed by Wilson Elser (92). Labour and employment specialists Ogletree ...

Fried Frank and Hogan Lovells have been called in to advise on Next’s acquisition of 147-year-old luxury shoe and handbag ...

McDermott Will & Schulte has hired competition lawyer Kristina Nordlander as a partner in London to boost its European ...

Luxury wine brand The Duckhorn Portfolio has hired Adam Copley as chief legal officer, replacing interim general counsel Catherine Sullivan.

Dechert is opening in Chicago and Dallas following the arrival of a group of more than 20 partners from McDermott Will & ...

Conferred by His Majesty the King on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor, the honorary KC award recognises exceptional contributions to the law in England and Wales. Eight awards were made, with ...

Paul Weiss has repeatedly added senior talent in the City since its headline-grabbing London reboot in 2023. The firm has ...