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In-house leaders sign letter urging law firms to ramp up diversity efforts

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Kirkland breaks $5m PEP and outguns Latham again to stay world’s highest-grossing firm

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US firms deployed on $43bn Worldpay takeover as Freshfields scores lead on major bank merger

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US firms deployed on $43bn Worldpay takeover as Freshfields scores lead on major bank merger
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Dechert rebuilds City leadership with dealmaker Field as Black takes helm
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Legal Business February 2019 cover

  • Defying gravity – Inside the improbable ascendancy of Travers and Macfarlanes
  • The DLA interview: On this rock I build…
  • Women in law: The challenge of you
  • We have the technology – Re-engineering a law firm
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  4. Dechert rebuilds City leadership with dealmaker Field as Black takes helm
  5. Kerr to hit 26 years at 2Birds’ helm as Addleshaws re-appoints Penney as senior partner
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