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Update: Clifford Chance Ready to Cut Partners

Last week we reported that London's Clifford Chance would vote on a new temporary rules that would make it easier…

Richmond, Virginia-based McGuire Woods will acquire London's Grundberg Mocatta Rakison. The merger will add 36 attorneys to the McGuire roster.…

Earlier this month, UK City firm CMS Cameron McKenna asked its equity partners to volunteer to become fixed-share partners. Now…

Freshfields will add at least 15 lawyers to its Munich office, including four partners who will relocate from Frankfurt. Yorck…

Chicago's Mayer Brown has laid off 55 lawyers and support staff from its London office. A breakdown of the layoffs…

Hood Vores & Allwood has laid off two lawyers and four support staff, the result of a redundancy consultation begun…

Partners at Clifford Chance, which we now learn for the first time laid off 35 support staff in New York…

Denton Wilde Sapte has cut 37 lawyers and 39 staff. The redundancy process was completed last week, after a consultation…

Blake Lapthorn has laid off 20 people in its second redundancy consultation. The firm, which laid off 33 people at…

London' Simmons & Simmons is freezing associate pay starting May 1st. The firm is creating a special bonus pool to…

Manchester, UK's Halliwells has launched a fourth redundancy consultation, with up to 30 jobs under threat. The firm’s entire 39-member…

Edinburgh's Dundas & Wilson, Scotland's largest law firm, will cut up to 50 jobs across its three offices as work…