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Is Toronto the Next Hot Spot for US Firm Expansion?

Canada's largest city has a lot to offer and firms like Mintz and Cozen O'Connor have already started the trend to move north of the border.
6 minute read

International Edition

Malabo Convention Seeks To Harmonize Africa's Data Privacy Approach. Will It Work?

The Malabo Convention comes at a time where the harmonization of Africa's approach to data protection has to contend with over 30 different country-specific data privacy laws, and counting.
5 minute read

International Edition

Layoffs Are Spreading. After All, There's Only So Much Work to Go Around

A patchy corporate market has created a mismatch between staffing and demand levels at several law firms with broader client bases that stretch beyond the tech sector.
6 minute read

International Edition

How 2 Tax Havens Became the UK Legal Industry's Biggest Overseas Buyers

As major companies shifted their HQs to tax havens, law firm export revenues went with them—now, interest in these small European nations is burgeoning.
7 minute read

International Edition

The FTSE 100 is More Global Than Ever. So Why Isn't Slaughters?

It trumpets its position as 'the advisers to corporate Britain', but research by Law.com International shows the extent to which the firm's core client base seeks out other advisers on non-UK mandates.
6 minute read

International Edition

'Smart Deal' or 'Neither's First Choice'? Big Law Leaders in US React to Proposed A&O-Shearman Merger

Sources predicted that despite rhetoric from both firms about the combined entity's global balance, its investment and energy will be focused on the U.S.
5 minute read

International Edition

Return to Office Is a Focus for Mentoring, but Training Gaps Have Existed for Ages

Some tweaks law firms are making — such as tying compensation to attendance and training — are meant to address both pre- and post-pandemic concerns.
7 minute read

International Edition

Cravath Has Made Sweeping Moves. Is It Enough?

A non-equity tier is a possibility for Cravath, said some industry observers, given what other firms in similar positions have done in recent years.
7 minute read

International Edition

The Law Firms With the Most Female Equity Partners, 2023

Ropes & Gray, Trowers & Hamlins and Cooley topped the ranking of the UK equity partnerships with the most women, but wider progress at the top level has stalled.
5 minute read

International Edition

Shifting Big Law Power Dynamics Pave Way for More 4-Day Attendance Policies

Not every large firm wants to mandate four days of attendance, but those that do are feeling more empowered than ever.
3 minute read

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