INDUSTRY TRENDS
Latham & Watkins, Davis Polk top Refintiv IPO advisory league tables amid record issuance
Global IPO activity hits $140bn, 'smashing' previous year-to-date record set in 2007
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DIVERSITY
Nokia to assess panel firms with diversity and inclusion initiative
The Finnish telecoms multinational will score firms including Bird & Bird and Eversheds Sutherland quarterly and annually
THE BIG FOUR AND THE LAW
KPMG Law in Germany forms alliance with US firm Ogletree Deakins
Other non-US firms are expected to join the alliance in the coming months
CORPORATE COUNSEL
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Around the house: GCs arrive at SMBC and Boyd Gaming
Siemens has also named a new chief compliance officer in Munich, while lidar startup AEye has appointed a new general counsel as it prepares to go public
APPOINTMENTS
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Norton Rose Fulbright names new global heads of banking and corporate
Partners Ayse Yuksel Mahfoud and Nick Grandage will split the work previously done by global head of business Martin McCann
APPOINTMENTS
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Global legal network Meritas names Kohrman Jackson & Krantz partner as new chair
Brett Krantz elected for two-year term, replacing Waterfall managing partner Jill Wiley
PROMOTIONS
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Record percentage of women in latest Ashurst partner promotions round
Women comprise 78% of those made up, with corporate transactions getting more new partners than any other practice area
AROUND THE HOUSE
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Around the house: new GCs for Luminar and UBS
In-house moves round-up also sees Fremantle acquire an Uber heavyweight and an O2 veteran leave ahead of its mega merger with Virgin Media
VIRTUAL EVENT
Manchester United, Reckitt and Diageo among big names lined up for new global anti-counterfeiting summit
June virtual summit sets out to take a fresh look at the global fight against fake goods
DIVERSITY
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Bryan Cave names first inclusion and diversity client relationship partner
Global banking co-leader Daisy Reeves set to take on the full-time role