‘If you take a crap process and put AI on top of it, it will still be crap’: LegalTechTalk speakers reflect on the Gen AI boom

Nick Huber detects a mood of excitement and anxiety at last week’s LegalTechTalk conference in London

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Pérez-Llorca opens Abu Dhabi office targeting sovereign wealth funds

Launch makes Pérez-Llorca first Ibero-American law firm with a physical presence in the city

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Baker McKenzie completes 2026 partner promotions with 30-strong international round

Summer tally follows 17 Americas promotions in January with the overall number the smallest for the firm in the past decade

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Ashurst revenue rises 11% to £1.15bn ahead of Perkins Coie merger

Anglo-Australian firm underlines ‘strong financial foundation’ as it prepares to merge with West Coast US firm

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US sports betting app Novig hires ex-CFTC lawyer as chief regulatory and legal affairs officer

Elie Mishory will work alongside chief legal officer Alex Wolf

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Legal education firm BARBRI acquires AI learning tool provider Lega

Lega’s AI training platform provides practical experiences, workshops and simulations

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CLM software developer Agiloft hires GC from Mitsubishi HC Capital America

Kristin Knox Esche replaces CLO Jason Barnwell, who was promoted to chief product officer

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Fox Williams arbitration head Ben Giaretta joins Newmans Row as full-time arbitrator

Highly-rated arbitration partner ‘excited about starting my new life as an independent arbitrator’

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Ropes & Gray recruits Paul Weiss financial services co-chief in Washington DC

Jarryd Anderson joins as head of financial services with federal reserve and deal experience, as bank M&A activity rebounds

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‘The forces that drive M&A, strategic growth and transformation are stronger than ever’: delegates at IBA’s global M&A conference share their views

M&A specialists from across the world gathered in New York earlier this month for the IBA’s 23rd annual Global Mergers and Acquisitions Conference

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Legaltech firm Consilio strikes strategic partnership with legal AI start-up Eudia

Collaboration will deliver jointly developed AI tools built on Eudia’s Expert Digital Twins tech

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Kirkland, Gibson Dunn, Baker Botts guide building materials giant CRH’s $8.5bn Arcosa buy

Kirkland counsels Ireland’s CRH with Gibson Dunn and Baker Botts across the table in deal that will expand its exposure to US infrastructure ​demand

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Latham continues London tech transactions push with Travers partner hire

Hire of Richard Offord follows trio of tech-focused M&A partners joining from Morrison Foerster in May

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The hallucination epidemic: why AI risk and reputation now arrive together for law firms

Senior lawyers must take responsibility for AI verification to reduce regulatory risk, write Byfield co-managing director Michael Evans and Kingsley Napley partner Julie Norris

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IBA, CCBE, Law Society repeat calls for states to stand up for the rule of law and justice

European Young Bar Association conference in Turin hears IBA and CCBE presidents urging greater protections for lawyers

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The hallucination epidemic: why AI risk and reputation now arrive together for law firms

Senior lawyers must take responsibility for AI verification to reduce regulatory risk, write Byfield co-managing director Michael Evans and Kingsley Napley partner Julie Norris

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AI and luxury brands in Brazil: when algorithmic creativity meets the regulatory vacuum

Stocche Forbes lawyers Thiago Porto Ribeiro, Mateus Lino Ferreira and Felipe Faria Savassi Stehling analyse the impacts of using AI tools in the creation of luxury products and how technology amplifies counterfeiting risks

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Private equity and UK legal: the regional squeeze – scale without substance

Adil Taha of advisory firm Taha & Co provides a data-backed view of the investment challenges for private equity firms in the UK’s regional legal market

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The market is already talking about you. Are you listening?

Law firms should take intentional steps to shape their brand perception or risk the market shaping it for them, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communication officer Allan Schoenberg

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AI and luxury brands in Brazil: when algorithmic creativity meets the regulatory vacuum

Stocche Forbes lawyers Thiago Porto Ribeiro, Mateus Lino Ferreira and Felipe Faria Savassi Stehling analyse the impacts of using AI tools in the creation of luxury products and how technology amplifies counterfeiting risks

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Winners announced at Luxury Law Summit Awards 2026 in London

Legal professionals from brands including Ferrari, Vivienne Westwood and Manolo Blahnik among those honoured

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Cyber: protecting the brand, not just the bag

Pinsent Masons’ lawyers Ellie Ludlam and Harriet McCarthy explore the growing risk and complicated consequences of cyber attacks in the luxury sector

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Mango at the Met: fruit, fashion and IP

Remfry & Sagar’s Bisman Kaur examines the IP protections available when fine art crosses into fashion

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