Big stories

PARTNER HIRES

Two top Hong Kong partners join new firms and make tracks for London

Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters bolster London teams with hires from Allen & Overy and Kirkland & Ellis respectively

LEGAL TECHNOLOGY

Slaughter and May unveils remote legal tech incubator programme

Seven startups are taking part in Collaborate scheme, adapted to meet Covid-19 restrictions

LEGAL TECHNOLOGY

Hogan Lovells teams up with FTI Consulting to launch AI banking compliance tool

New service will help financial institutions update their outsourcing contracts in time for regulatory deadline

LEADERSHIP CHANGE

RPC appoints Oliver Bray as next senior partner

Top 40 UK firm is looking to draw on media lawyer's experience advising tech companies

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Alliance of top US law firms to launch high-impact litigation to stamp out racism

Law Firm Antiracism Alliance signs up more than 125 law firms it says are 'uniquely positioned' to effect change

ALLIANCE

McDermott quits Asia as Winston & Strawn takes over its China alliance

Deal sees Winston unveil YuandaWinston after it secures Chicago rival's 50-strong Shanghai allied office

TEAM HIRE

Morgan Lewis snaps up nine-strong IP team from Cooley in London

A founding partner of West Coast firm's London office defects to US rival, handing it UK and EU IP law depth

LITIGATION FUNDING

Burford Capital signs equity deal with London litigation boutique

PCB Litigation hands litigation funder 32% stake in business in exchange for litigation portfolio financing in 'market first'

HUMAN RIGHTS

ABA abandons conference keynote with ex-South Africa president De Klerk after wave of protest

Last white president complains of 'vitriolic reaction' over slated appearance as apartheid-era record is questioned