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A&O Shearman promotes 33 new partners

A&O Shearman has named 33 lawyers as new partners, effective May 1, 2025, across various regions and practices

CIRQLR aims to reshape waste management

CIRQLR is building a leading UK recycling group that focuses on creating a more circular economy

Browne Jacobson boosts dispute resolution team

Browne Jacobson enhances its international disputes offering with the appointment of Danielle Carr in London

Express Solicitors expands with acquisition

Top 100 law firm Express Solicitors has made its first acquisition of 2025 by purchasing Liverpool-based HNK Solicitors, which specialises in civil liberties, data breaches, and cyber crime

Harneys enhances practice with new partner

Harneys has appointed David Mathews as a partner to strengthen its Digital Assets & Blockchain practice in Cayman Islands

Anderson Strathern establishes new inquiries unit

Anderson Strathern has launched its Inquiries Unit, comprising expert solicitors for high-profile public inquiries and investigations

Joint Enterprise and tackling racial bias

Eithne Quinn, a Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at The University of Manchester, shares her thoughts on racial bias and injustice concerns related to the application of Joint Enterprise secondary liability rules and what solicitors can do to help build a fairer justice system

Another small law firm faces significant AML penalties

Holden Smith Law Limited faces a £36,622 fine for anti-money laundering compliance failures during a five-year period