NEW LAW
BonelliErede spins off alternative legal services business into separate company
Leading Italian independent says beLab is seeking to become the 'go-to company for complementary legal services'
Europe
PARTNER HIRES
Squire Patton Boggs boosts arbitration practice with senior hires in Paris and Brussels
US law firm adds two partners in Paris from DWF, while a consultant joins as a partner in Brussels from Wilmer Hale
ARBITRATION
White & Case teams up with University of London to launch arbitration survey
Fifth study seeks to understand how Covid-19 pandemic is impacting sector
OFFICE CLOSURE
Clyde & Co shuts Oxford arm and redistributes teams to Manchester and Bristol
International firm says move is in line with strategy of creating 'centres of excellence' for insurance
REGULATION
Seventeen lawyers make history as Ireland's first solicitors to become Senior Counsel
Top Irish firms are represented as the SC rank is opened up to the solicitors' branch of the profession
TEAM HIRE
CMS plans life sciences push with arrival of four-strong team in Ukraine
Partner Borys Danevych joins as head of life sciences in firm's Kiev office
CORPORATE CRIME
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Quinn Emanuel claims France first as it hires leading state prosecutor
Paris-based financial prosecutor Eric Russo makes ground-breaking switch to private practice
COMMENTARY
How Covid-19 is changing the European workplace
Pandemic has challenged attitudes towards remote work, writes Stephan Swinkels
TEAM MOVES
Noerr secures four-partner German corporate team from Latham
Former Shearman partners move again; DWF also secures team, from DLA Piper
LEGAL JOURNALISM
Legal Business editor Alex Novarese steps down after seven years at the helm
Departing London-based editor says he will quit journalism but remain in law