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Eversheds Sutherland Elects New Co-CEOs Beginning in Spring 2025

London-based Keith Froud and Austin, Texas-based Lino Mendiola will replace the current leaders, who oversaw the 2017 merger that created the trans-Atlantic firm.
4 minute read

International Edition

DLA Piper Boosts Employment and Real Estate Offering In Japan With Senior Partner Hires

The hires follow a series of high-profile movements across the firm's offices in Asia, including securing a fund finance specialist from Mayer Brown in Singapore last week.
2 minute read

International Edition

Inside Freshfields: Managing Partner Sami Tannous On His Plans for MENA

Freshfields operates offices in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai, where most of its transactional and disputes teams are located.
4 minute read

International Edition

UK and US Law Firms in Merger Talks as Demand for Scale Grows

"There have been a number of direct outreach inquiries from U.K. to U.S. firms," noted a firm consultant.
5 minute read

International Edition

The Disruptors: How Paul Weiss and Freshfields are Transforming the Global Elite Race

They have starkly different backgrounds. But both firms have succeeded in ways that other firms have not when breaking into significant foreign markets. Leaders at both firms explain how.
11 minute read

International Edition

The 2024 Global 200: The Year Law Firms Had to Get Smart (And Ruthless)

Despite a 10-year low for worldwide M&A activity profit per equity partner at the top firms grew by 12.4%, as they pruned their equity ranks and closed offices.
8 minute read

International Edition

Chinese Law Firms Are in Trouble as Downward Spiral Show No Signs of Easing

More than half of the firms that make up the China 45 have seen gross revenue decline in 2023.
8 minute read

International Edition

The 2024 Global 200 Ranked by Revenue

The 200 largest law firms in the world, made up mainly of U.S. firms, saw growth increase in the latest fiscal year, with some regions out-performing others.
7 minute read

International Edition

Even in a Down Market, APAC Firms Are Not Giving Up on Scale

The majority of the 50 largest law firms in the region are based in mainland China.
4 minute read

International Edition

How Hogan Lovells' South African Dream Crashed—Twice

Hogan Lovells is closing its office in Johannesburg saying it wants to focus on strategic markets but there's much more behind the African exit.
5 minute read

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