OFFICE CLOSURES
Dentons closes Aberdeen and Watford offices as part of remote working review
Legal Delivery Centre also to go 'fully virtual' as firm seeks to 'redefine' UK office space requirements
Big stories
M&A LEAGUE TABLES
Latin America Covid-19 woes see region's M&A activity plunge to lowest on record
Deal value in first six months of the year falls below previous record low in 2003, Mergermarket report shows
M&A LEAGUE TABLES
Asia Pacific region least impacted by coronavirus-fuelled global M&A slowdown
Indian law firms dominate top echelons of Mergermarket's APAC M&A advisory league tables
COVID-19
Dentons delays launch of Dublin office due to Covid-19
Plans for opening of 'fully operational' Irish branch in Q2 are put back to September
COVID-19
DWF axes flexible resourcing arm and central services roles in £15m cost-cutting drive
UK listed firm reports 'positive' trading momentum as further details of cost savings emerge
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Baker McKenzie sets up taskforce to improve racial and ethnic diversity
Group tasked with overseeing allyship and anti-racism training and reviewing recruitment programmes
TECHNOLOGY
Technology risk moves to top of GCs agendas, major survey finds
Poll of 160 UK board directors and GCs finds them recognising the challenges posed by digitalisation
M&A LEAGUE TABLES
Freshfields and DLA Piper top European H1 M&A tables for value and volume as deal activity plunges
Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith Freehills jump up rankings as Slaughter and May drops out of top 20
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
No more being 'othered' - 17 top firms make UK Race Fairness Commitment
Magic circle firms among those pledging to monitor career progress of black and other ethnic minority lawyers to stamp out institutional racism