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‘It is taking opportunities which keep life exciting and every day different’: Luxury Law Awards lifetime achievement award-winner Kate Anthony Wilkinson
Mulberry Group's former group general counsel, Kate Anthony Wilkinson, reflects on her career and what success means as a lawyer
Country music singer Carrie Underwood taps Loeb & Loeb for wellness brand launch and fitness app expansion
Loeb assists long-time client Underwood in all aspects of the transaction including brand formation, commercial, IP and strategic partnership issues
‘If you choose an industry which you are passionate about, it doesn’t feel like work’: Maybourne’s Jennifer Guilfoyle
The recipient of the General Counsel of the Year award at the 2026 Luxury Law Awards discusses her career path, pressing industry issues, advice for young lawyers and her favourite Maybourne hotel
‘This award represents the possibility of turning a passion into a career’: Vivienne Westwood’s Victoria Simon
The recipient of the Fashion Counsel of the Year award at the 2026 Luxury Law Awards discusses becoming a solicitor, her work in fashion, industry advice and a favourite corset
‘Information is becoming commoditised; judgement isn’t’: dealmakers debate impact of AI on cross-border M&A
Sullivan & Cromwell partners Frank Aquila and Jeremy Kutner explore how AI, regulation and geopolitics are reshaping global M&A with experts from 29 countries
‘I’ve been very lucky to work with iconic brands in my career and JLR is a continuation of that’: Jaguar Land Rover’s David Berry
The recipient of the Global General Counsel of the Year award at the 2026 Luxury Law Awards discusses career moves, advice for young lawyers and his favourite car
‘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
AI will expand demand for legal talent despite automation, McKinsey Institute director tells legal leaders at IBA M&A conference
Massive investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure is accelerating technological change, but judgement, workforce transformation and strategic adaptation will determine who succeeds, says Ta...
Soft skills shine in a fractured, AI-driven legal world, GCs say at IBA’s 23rd annual global M&A conference
Corporate legal leaders from Sony, Coursera, Hitachi, ITOCHU and Standard Industries say listening skills and judgement will drive success as legal departments confront geopolitical volatility, AI dis...
Cardozo Law’s FAME programme honours Luxury Law Summit NY chair Barbara Kolsun
Kolsun marks 10 years as Cardozo School of Law’s FAME Center director, amid a lifetime of luxury law firsts
Barnes & Thornburg adds entertainment trio from Nixon Peabody
Christina Chang and Carron Joan Mitchell join Barnes in Los Angeles and Farrah Usmani joins its Nashville location
‘Doyen of music business lawyers’ Paddy Grafton Green has died, aged 83
Simkins’ former senior partner represented A-list entertainers including the Rolling Stones, Tina Turner and David Bowie
HSF Kramer and Norton Rose advise on £1.4bn sale of Ivy Collection to Diafa
The transaction is one of the largest ever in the UK restaurant business and includes The Ivy Collection, Sexy Fish, Scott’s, Harry’s Bar and Annabel’s
Gibson Dunn, Bär & Karrer guide Marriott and Lefay Resorts in luxury wellness joint venture
As the first brand dedicated exclusively to luxury wellness in Marriott’s line-up, Lefay provides a strategic lever in the growing holistic travel sector
Luxury brands must respond to maturing ESG frameworks, new policy survey says
Baker McKenzie and Positive Luxury study says brands continue to face compliance challenges across jurisdictions with varying requirements
‘Innovating responsibly means being true to the values of your brand and your consumer’: Coty’s Melanie Nardo
Coty’s GC for commercial and licensing discusses the growing beauty and wellness industry, compliance gaps, responsible innovation and beauty bag must-haves
Fried Frank and Hogan Lovells advise on Next’s acquisition of Russell & Bromley
Next buys luxury shoe brand out of administration for £3.8m, adding to portfolio that includes FatFace and Made.com
Saks Global taps Willkie and Haynes Boone in US bankruptcy filing
Just a year after Saks’s $2.7bn acquisition of Neiman Marcus, the filing reflects broader challenges for traditional brick-and-mortar luxury retail
‘In luxury, we are all tied together by an invisible golden string’: Huda Beauty’s Mershia Govender
Luxury beauty executive discusses her path to law, her global role, ‘servant leadership’ and the ties that bind luxury colleagues together
Trio of Swiss firms advise on L’Oréal’s increased stake in Galderma
Switzerland’s Bär & Karrer, Niederer Kraft Frey and Homburger advised with Ropes & Gray providing antitrust counsel