Women account for 47% of cohort, the highest in four years, though overall promotions fall by more than a quarter | 7mos

After 16 years at the helm, Hodges will hand reins to new practice co-heads, reports Ben Rigby | 7mos

Longstanding partner Niels Dejean is switching firms ahead of A&O Shearman merger with counsel Anne-Sophie Maes | 7mos

Top 40 UK firm looks to grow lower-to-mid-market private equity work with London hires | 7mos

Scheme backed by the Lady Chief Justice will name lawyers who have done 25 hours or more free work annually | 7mos

Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi and Merrick White’s move leaves McDermott with just one Singapore partner | 7mos

James Glaysher joins UK independent firm from Candey to lead new practice | 7mos

Mid-market specialist Fatema Orjela adds further bench depth to firm’s transactions group | 7mos

A letter from more than 600 legal professionals and academics has called on the UK government to suspend arms sales to Israel | 7mos

Nikki Edwards pledges renewed focus on diversity and inclusion as the new leader of London’s litigators | 7mos

Duran Ross returns to Lewis Silkin, the firm where he trained, after six years at Hausfeld | 7mos

In-House Pro Bono Pledge seeks to increase corporate counsel involvement in pro bono activities over next three years | 7mos

Disputes lawyer John Lewis joins from Charles Russell Speechlys in the firm’s Dubai office | 7mos

Investigations stem from the EU’s new Digital Markets Act, introduced to curb dominance of tech giants | 7mos

Proposed investment treaty arbitration to offer alternative to court proceedings against Swiss government | 7mos

Bill welcomed for ‘confining threat to litigation funding to history books’ | 7mos

Graham White, formerly of Kirkland and Fried Frank, adds gravitas to US firm’s transactional offering | 7mos

Juan Martinez, who led the firm for almost four decades, passed away unexpectedly, aged 64 | 7mos

ICSID secretary-general to close LIDW core conference as it announces hosts for 2024 International Arbitration Day | 8mos

The European Young Bar Association’s Spring Meeting met in Turkey for the first time in its history | 8mos