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Africa is rapidly becoming the global economic growth engine. Half of the world’s 25 fastest-growing nations are in Africa and almost 40 per cent of the continent will achieve GDP growth of more than 5 per cent in 2016. The population is set to grow by 50 per cent to 1.5bn by 2030, and by 2040, Africa’s working-age population will rise to 1.1bn from about 500m today – greater than the working-age populations of China and India combined.
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Bird & Bird has reported a 5.7 per cent increase in its 2015/16 turnover, with revenue rising 5.7 per cent to hit €343.8m (£273.8m).
Shearman & Sterling has lost its fourth private equity and M&A partner in less than a week after Jeremy Dickens resigned to join McDermott Will & Emery.
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has posted its second highest average profit per equity partner (PEP) ever at £683,000.
Eversheds’ turnover has surpassed £400m for the first time after revenue grew by 6.5 per cent during the 2015/16 financial year, from £381m to £405.5m.
Simmons & Simmons’s average profit per equity partner (PEP) has fallen by 10 per cent, from £650,000 to £585,000 last year.
CMS Cameron McKenna is piloting a new system of allocating work to its associates in a bid to increase efficiency when doling out mandates.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has seen a return to form in 2015/16, posting a 6.6 per cent rise in global revenue to £1.33bn.