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KPMG to lose legal head after 18 years
KPMG has announced that General Counsel Vanessa Sharp will leave her role after nearly two decades this spring. Widely credited with sculpting the UK GC role and constructing its present day legal department, Sharp has overseen many of the Big 4 firm’s landmark...
read morePolycentric Dentons embraces diversity in South Africa entry
With Julia Foresman International intrigue with South Africa has tracked over decades of civil unrest. Twenty years after the end of Apartheid, the economy is experiencing a boom of activity and investor interest remains robust for sectors ranging from mining to...
read moreDentons and Dacheng create merger history
For only the second time in Sino-Anglo history, two law firms have announced their impending merger in what is being widely viewed as a mutually ambitious move. As reported by Legal Business, “Dentons is set to create the biggest law firm in the world by lawyer...
read moreClifford Chance defends speech rights of vocal Muslim trainee
Clifford Chance has come under fire for its refusal to censure the remarks made by a trainee in a 20-minute YouTube video. In the video, the bi-lingual English and Arabic trainee denounces Muslims who have been colonized by the Western ideology, which he claims is...
read moreCorporate law departments seeking more outside legal counsel
Though legal departments have larger spending budgets in 2015, chief counsel are under increased pressure to manage department funds more efficiently. Global Legal Post reports that roughly half of chief legal officers expect outside counsel expenditures to increase...
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