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Clifford Chance Partners Defect to Start New Italian Firm

Three capital markets partners in Clifford Chance's Milan, Italy office are leaving to set up shop on their own. Paolo…

Eversheds has formalized an alliance with Saudi Arabia's Hani Qurashi. The 20-lawyer firm in the Middle Eastern dictatorship has offices…

Allen & Overy plans to outsource more of its "back office" work, particularly due diligence and litigation discovery, to other…

Anglo-German law firm Taylor Wessing is asking for voluntary deferrals from its September 2009 and September 2010 incoming associate classes.…

London's Clifford Chance has cut 20 positions at its New York office. The law firm has laid off almost 100…

Herbert Smith announced today it has begun a redundancy consultation at its London HQ, targeting 84 positions. The redundancies target…

London's Howard Kennedy has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 40 partners, associates and support staff across the firm’s property and…

UK law firm LG, which seems to have misplaced the rest of its name, has laid off 15 lawyers and…

Eversheds has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 10 lawyers in its real estate practice. The firm may find new positions…

Trowers & Hamlins, which has laid off at least 11 lawyers in recent months, has now cut 17 lawyers and…

London's Barlow Lyde & Gilbert will open a fifth office in Manchester, UK, and has hired two attorneys from DLA…

According to a study by Legal Week Intelligence, the percentage of UK law students planning a non-legal career has fallen…