‘A global community’: 13 UK firms join Dentons worldwide referral network

Dentons has officially launched its free to use Nextlaw Global Referral Network signing up 283 member firms and around 18,600 lawyers. A total of 13 UK firms have signed up, with the major UK firms being Scottish firms Shepherd and Wedderburn and MacRoberts.

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‘Thinking space’: Reed Smith to collaborate with clients with launch of new Innovation Hub

Reed Smith has made a concerted investment in the legal technology and innovation space with the launch today (4 October) of a dedicated ‘thinking space’, believed to be the first of its kind in London, after developing its own software to maximise efficiency in corporate deals.

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Australian ambitions: HSF opens alternative legal services hub in Melbourne

After becoming the first Western firm to open an alternative legal services (ALT) hub in China, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is to launch a new centre in Melbourne, as well as maintain a permanent presence in Perth, following the success of its ALT ‘pop-up’ which launched last October.

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If it ain’t broke… Do A&O’s New Law business lines live up to the hype?

After a series of ventures Allen & Overy has become the bellwether among the legal elite for innovation. But do the new business lines live up to the marketing?

‘We’re going to close the doors soon,’ says David Wakeling, the Allen & Overy (A&O) partner leading the City giant’s new tech-based service, MarginMatrix. It’s not often you hear a law firm talk of turning away potential clients, particularly not when they are some of the world’s largest banks.

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Magic Circle meets big four – A&O teams up with Deloitte for pioneering JV targeted at banking giants

In the first marquee joint venture between a Big Four accountant and a Magic Circle law firm, Allen & Overy (A&O) has teamed up with Deloitte to create a tech-driven service to help banks handle post-Lehman regulation.

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