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Ex-McDermott managing partner Yunis leaves for Pillsbury 

Senior exit comes after management shake-up last year

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City firms keep quiet about DE&I spend and staffing

A&O Shearman and Santander were the only firms to disclose headcount in their dedicated DE&I teams when asked by FN

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Introducing: FN’s new rising stars list

The Rising Stars of European Finance includes people under the age of 40 working in financial, legal and professional services in the region

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A good day for new Linklaters partners, a bad day for Tom Hayes

FN Law: Your guide to the week’s top legal stories

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Financial News is looking for the next generation of finance talent

Wanted: Rising Stars of European Finance

FN's new list will recognise up-and-coming talent across financial and professional services

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Advisers set to cash in, despite collapse of deal talks

Dentons, Deloitte, Alantra set to share £11m in fees after failed Liontrust deal

Liontrust said it would incur a one-off charge “of not more than £11m’, after failing to acquire its Swiss rival

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The dispute between London-based DPK Management and the US hedge fund, Baupost Group, centres on a deal involving the Royal Albert Dock in east London

London developer pushes back on Baupost’s claims over Royal Albert Dock deal

DPK management said that its owner David Maxwell didn’t agree to any equity multiple at the September meeting

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The merger is subject to a vote of both firms’ partners.

Allen & Overy to merge with Shearman & Sterling in $3.4bn tie-up

The combined firm, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, will employ nearly 4,000 lawyers

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Clyde & Co offers equal paid parental leave

Law firm joins the LSE and a raft of banks and financial services firms in bringing maternity and paternity leave in line

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As part of the rescue deal between UBS and Credit Suisse, announced on 19 March, about $17.3bn of AT1 bonds were written down to zero

Lawyers eye claims against Swiss government after Credit Suisse bonds writedown

Litigators are exploring potential avenues of redress for holders of Credit Suisse's AT1 bonds, which include the likes of Fidelity International, Invesco, Lazard, Pimco and GAM

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Legal experts are seeing a steady stream of work as regulations evolve

Magic Circle law firms beef up crypto teams: ‘Everyone wants a piece of it’

Crypto's boom-and-bust cycles have pushed it into the mainstream. That means more work for lawyers

Clockwise from top left: Anna Skoglund,  Klaus Hessberger, Ina De, Jonny Myers, Saba Nazar, David Higgins, Sunaina Sinha Haldea and Jason Glover

Meet the top bankers and lawyers in private equity

Senior leaders from Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Clifford Chance, Kirkland & Ellis, Raymond James and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett feature on the 2022 Most Influential in Private Equity list

It’s an unusual case, said Lord Currie, who chaired the Competition and Markets Authority from 2014 to 2018

Ex-watchdog chief calls his £10bn Binance lawsuit a ‘wake-up call’ for crypto bosses

Lord David Currie alleges companies ‘colluded’ to remove cryptocurrency BSV from their exchanges

The former CMA chair is launching the first claim of its kind in the UK against crypto exchanges

Former watchdog chair sues Binance, Kraken for £10bn in UK’s first crypto competition claim

Lord David Currie said investors in cryptocurrency BSV lost out because of exchanges delisting the token

Woodford was once a star of UK fund management before his flagship brand hit the rocks

Woodford fund administrator’s woes mount as law firms double up for legal action

Leigh Day and Harcus Parker are due to file a joint application at the High Court for a group litigation order against Link Fund Solutions

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Firms will likely run into debates around redundancy and relocation entitlements

Firms are rushing out of Russia. Employment lawyers say it isn’t quite that simple

Making sure all of these employees are safe is one matter, but firms also need to be wary of what upping sticks means for their legal entitlements, according to workplace lawyers

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Adeline Willis

NatWest employee with cancer wins £2m unfair dismissal case

Adeline Willis said she was ‘physically and emotionally in turmoil’ after being let go

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An ex-staffer at Goldman was not told a meeting was a disciplinary before being let go

Goldman escapes employment tribunal after firing employee during ‘catch up’

Case struck out as former employee says she was 'ambushed' and did not have a companion for meeting that led to her dismissal

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