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The Business
Emma Sadowski reports on an exodus of lawyers from Mayer Brown’s Brazilian alliance partner, while Becky Pritchard details a string of partner departures at Ashurst that follow a review of the lockstep. Plus market-leading analysis on the month’s top stories










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The Client profile
Former Mayer Brown and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert star litigator Clare Canning speaks to LB about switching from private practice to in-house, a day after becoming Ernst & Young’s new global general counsel

 

Under the weather
Jeremy Hodges and Michael Northcott discover a little tarnish on Orrick’s empire, and ask whether chair Ralph Baxter can restore faith in his leadership Read more...

Appointments
The ultimate partner moves
and our special Job of the
Month section

Pritchard
Why Dundas & Wilson and Bircham Dyson Bell were right to call off their merger

The Last Word
The story of how Hogan Lovells helped get £950m of seized new banknotes on a plane to Libya
Dynamic duo

Becky Pritchard discovers the secrets of top management team Michael Payton and Peter Hasson on the eve of Clyde & Co’s tie-up with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert Read more...


Taking off

Frequently litigious and always volatile, airlines make great clients. Emma Sadowski reviews some recent disputes to find out which firms are frequent flyers
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Making headlines

Mark McAteer speaks to Kingsley Napley’s managing partner Linda Woolley about recent high-profile instructions at her firm
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Race for Africa

A single outpost in Africa is no longer enough. Maria Jackson assesses the approach by firms using their cultural affinity with certain regions as a springboard
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Space invaders

In a two-part Russia special, Anthony Notaras looks at how domestic firms are challenging giants, and what the short-term deal market will look like
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