Exigent targets in-house with launch of contract processing tech
LPO provider Exigent has launched a new tool that it claims combines the power of machine-learning and lawyers’ brains to speed up the processing of contracts by in-house legal teams.
Exclusive: Pillsbury expands in Middle East with Dubai launch
US firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has announced the expansion of its business to Dubai after signing a lease in the city’s Burj Daman office tower.
Addleshaws disputes team loses partner to K&L Gates
Addleshaw Goddard has lost its fifth disputes partner since the start of 2016, with Clarissa Coleman moving to K&L Gates.
Exclusive: KWM partners face SRA after client files ‘left scattered across London offices’
The joint administrators of King & Wood Mallesons LLP have questioned the behaviour of partners during the collapse of the firm after confidential client files were left strewn across the office, The Lawyer has learned.
Trump transition leaves DC legal market “saturated”
The inauguration of president elect Donald Trump is a topic that reaches pretty much every aspect of life, something that is apparent in this comment from one Washington legal market specialist: “I was talking to my therapist last Friday and she told me that every one of her patients was obsessing with Trump. Nothing is in equilibrium. It’s like Brexit, you simply cannot think of anything else.”
BLP reveals £6m investment in Australian legal resourcing business
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) secured a 50 per cent interest in Australian legal resourcing business Advent Balance for £6.25m, its LLPs have revealed.
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“There’s nothing we could have done differently”: KWM China breaks silence on Europe collapse
KWM new European partnership – which consists of 32 partners – has been invited to a partner conference in China in February where they will be told about the new strategy for the global firm following the LLP going into administration this week.
Goodwin Procter doubles office space after mass KWM hires
Goodwin Procter has doubled its London office space after a series of hires from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Shearman & Sterling.
DLA Piper hires innovation director for EMEA and Asia Pacific boost
DLA Piper has hired Adam Hembury from Ashurst as director of innovation in EMEA and Asia Pacific.
Simmons hires A&O capital markets veteran
Simmons & Simmons has hired Allen & Overy (A&O) capital markets partner Jonathan Mellor, who leaves the magic circle firm after more than 30 years.
King & Wood Mallesons LLP shuts down as administrators take control
KWM’s UK, Europe and Middle East operations have gone into administration, signalling the biggest ever UK law firm collapse. 11 Jan: KWM ‘more mismanaged than BHS’
A&O grows US base with two-partner hire from Cadwalader
Allen & Overy (A&O) has boosted its US base with the hire of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft partners Gregory Mocek and Anthony Mansfield in Washington DC.