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NFL team Chicago Bears raids NBA’s Miami Heat for CLO

Krista Whitaker will head the Bears’ legal department following departure of veteran GC Cliff Stein in January

Quinn Emanuel signs deal with Longford Capital to finance client litigation

Litigation funder has committed up to $40m in funding for the firm’s private equity clients

IBM taps Vanguard for next legal chief

Anne Robinson will replace long-time IBM lawyer Michelle Browdy at the start of July

Sidley sees UK revenue climb to $209.7m as global turnover tops $3bn in 2023

UK practice accounts for almost 15% of global revenue as sports and restructuring deals grow

Trowers targets private equity mandates with double partner hire from Gateley

Top 40 UK firm looks to grow lower-to-mid-market private equity work with London hires

US bill would require AI companies to disclose copyrighted work in training models

Growing prevalence of AI in creative space makes legislative guidance on use of copyrighted work to train software ‘seem inevitable’

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