Law news

Goldman Sachs managing director Andrew Chung will join the Magic Circle firm's Hong Kong office in August.

The bank plans to open its first center dedicated to legal-technology entrepreneurs.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has confirmed an investigation of Dentons after an employment tribunal ruled against the firm for dismissing a former recruitment manager. The move comes the same week that Dentons suspended a Canadian partner in an unrelated matter.

A review of notable moves.

The defections from Dechert to McDermott come on the heels of four other Dechert lawyers leaving for Goodwin.

London partner Aline Doussin joins the trans-Atlantic firm amid upturn in Brexit-related demand for trade advice

Stephen Mahon is taking the helm from longtime London chief Robert Weekes.

Partners are expressing reservations over a U.S. tie-up, as O'Melveny talks leave some unconvinced.

Partners are expressing reservations over a U.S. tie-up, as O'Melveny talks leave some unconvinced.

Lawyers at global law firms are being extra cautious about their work for Russian clients.

With the move, Elie Kleiman reunites with Freshfields' former French real estate team, which joined Jones Day last year.

The Magic Circle firm's trans-Atlantic merger talks could shake up the market as rivals rethink their U.S. strategies.

Dubai office head and founder Mohammed Kamal has left to join Watson Farley & Williams.

The addition of John Fadely and Albert Cho follows the firm's hire of a high-profile Hong Kong team from Ropes & Gray last year.

A UK Parliamentary Committee quizzed A&O partner Mike Mansell over advice he provided in a 1998 sexual harassment settlement involving disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein.

The U.K. firm Gunnercooke also has a role, advising both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica on efforts to confirm the deletion of the data trove.

The Magic Circle firm has been asked to appear before the select committee because it reportedly played a role in obtaining a NDA as part of a sexual harassment settlement with Weinstein.

The firm cited "serious sensitivities" and picked corporate partner Toby Grainger to take over as Singapore head.

Co-CEOs Lee Ranson and Mark Wasserman say the firm is setting its sights on expansion in Europe and the United States.

Co-CEOs Lee Ranson and Mark Wasserman say the firm is setting its sights on expansion in Europe and the U.S.