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Proskauer Welcomes Regulatory Partner Anna Maleva-Otto in London

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Proskauer is excited to welcome Anna Maleva-Otto as a regulatory partner in the Firm’s Private Funds Group. Anna has spent years advising clients on UK and EU financial services regulation, including short selling and market abuse rules, EMIR, MiFID II, and AIFMD. Her practice spans the full lifecycle of FCA-regulated businesses, as well as trading across the […]

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Corrs’ $7 Million Man and the Side Hustle That Has Canberra Talking

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Corrs’ $7 Million Man and the Side Hustle That Has Canberra Talking If you were pulling in $7 million a year running a mid-tier Australian law firm, you might think that was enough to keep you busy. But Corrs Chambers Westgarth CEO Gavin MacLaren clearly believes otherwise by operating a new consultancy business. The highest-paid

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The Hidden Gold Rush: The Top 5 Most Underrated but Highly Profitable Legal Niches for 2025

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LawFuel Power Brief: Pond Lehocky Giordano LLP Image credits: AI-generated by Gemini The legal profession’s highest aspirations have long been narrowly defined by the gleaming towers of BigLaw, where a partner track in M&A or private equity is seen as the ultimate goal. The traditional path has been clear for ambitious law students and junior

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National’s Silence on Banking Law Controversy Gets More Mysterious by the Day

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Chris Finlayson and Andrew Harmos Demand Answers. Judith Collins Says Nothing John Bowie, LawFuel publisher When former Attorney-General Chris Finlayson KC and former NZX Chair Andrew Harmos – both key ‘power list lawyers’ FYI – start calling for investigations, you’d typically expect National Party MPs to at least clear their throats. Instead? Nothing. Zip. Despite

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Porter Wright Recruits Litigators From Chicago Boutique Scandaglia Law

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Chicago Law Growth With Porter Wright Hires Porter Wright Morris & Arthur is expanding its Chicago firm with the recruitment of four lawyers from litigation law firm Scandaglia Law, including the boutique’s founder Greg Scandaglia (pictured). The growth in Chicago has been the most of the firm’s offices in the US which resulted form the

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UK Law – The Bar Is Too High – Say People Who Can’t Jump

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John Bowie, LawFuel publisher It used to be that becoming a lawyer in Britain required intelligence, effort, and even resilience. Now, apparently, it requires none of the above. A small but vocal crowd of aspiring solicitors is demanding that the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) be made easier. The Telegraph’s Suevalla Braverman writes about ‘Snowflake Solicitors’

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Major Talent Injection To Crowell & Moring Healthcare Practice With 16 Partners Joining Firm

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The BigLaw Healthcare Law Move Crowell & Moring is making major moves in the health care law space, bringing on board a powerhouse team of 16 health care litigation partners, led by the highly regarded Martin J. Bishop, (pictured) from Reed Smith. The move considerable muscle to Crowell’s health care practice, making it one of

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Former McDermott Will Finance Partner Joins Squire Patton in London

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Ranajoy Basu joined Squire Patton in London ahead of his former firm’s merger with Schulte Roth & Zabel on 1 August. He is one of the leading lawyers in sustainable procurement, supply chain finance and a member of the Advisory Council of The Sustainable Procurement Pledge. The Squire Sanders media announcement is below – Addition

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Linklaters Hire Co-Chair of London Office of Paul Hastings

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Linklaters has boosted its capital and credit solutions practice in London by hiring Paul Hastings’ co-chair of the London office, Mei Lian, who has spent five years at Paul Hastings after serving a term at Shearman & Sterling. The Linklaters media announcement on the hire is below – Linklaters strengthens Corporate and Structured Lending practice

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