Dentons considers closing Kuwait base
The partnership at Dentons is set to vote on whether the firm’s Kuwait office should continue operations. If the proposal to shutter the Kuwait operation is approved, Dentons…
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Khaitan & Co makes up two partners in Mumbai
Indian law firm Khaitan & Co has promoted two lawyers to the partnership in its Mumbai office, bringing the total number of partners to 68. Both Associate Partner Abhishek…
AZB promotes five across Mumbai and Delhi
AZB & Partners has promoted three senior associates to the partnership in Delhi, and two in Mumbai. Rachit Bahl, Nandita Govind and Ritika Rathi join the partnership in Delhi,…
Withers and Speechly Bircham vote against merger
The proposed merger between UK private-client firms Withers and Speechly Bircham has fallen over after both partnerships voted against…
Law firm health can't be measured by PPP
Average profits per equity partner is a metric that gets a lot of attention in the legal services industry, and is key to the results of the annual American Lawyer rankings — the Am Law 100. But measuring the…
Indian firm Remfry & Sagar adds pre-partner rung
Indian firm Remfry & Sagar has created a pre-partnership career rung and promoted four managing associates to the newly created partner-designate position. Managing…
SJ Berwin and KWM set to vote on merger
The respective partnerships at UK firm SJ Berwin and Asia-Pacific firm King & Wood Mallesons are set to vote on a global merger in…
Odds lengthen on partnership in top firms
It is getting harder to reach partnership in large law firms, according to a report from Legal Week. 370 partners were promoted to partnerships in the top 30 UK firms this year, down 8% on last year's figure of 401. In…
Scottish firm Dundas & Wilson makes 10 new partners
Scotland’s largest law firm Dundas & Wilson has made up ten partners, bringing the total partnership to 75. The promotions come after a string of departures brought the…
DLA promotes 34 to partnership
DLA Piper has promoted 34 lawyers to the firm’s partnership globally, down 40 per cent from the 58 promotions made last year. Broken down by practice area, the litigation and…
Hill DIckinson likely to make redundancies in the UK
Hill Dickinson looks set to make redundancies, having launched a review of its UK business. The move comes after the firm posted flat revenues for the 2012-13 financial year. At the conclusion of the review, at the…
LG makes up three partners
Lawrence Graham has promoted three lawyers to its partnership, up from four promotions last year. London commercial lawyer Vanessa de Froberville was tapped for promotion,…
UK firm Mills & Reeve promotes 6 to partnership
Mills & Reeve has promoted six lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from three last year. The promotions will come into effect on 1 June - the same…
Pinsent Masons makes up 14 partners
Pinsent Masons has promoted 14 lawyers to its partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 13 last year. Three of the new partners are based in London, four are in…
Irwin Mitchell promotes 14 to partnership
Irwin Mitchell has promoted ten lawyers to the partnership, elevating six lawyers from the personal legal services division and four from the commercial team. In addition, the…