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Who won Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2025 – and why

Details of all the winning entries in this year’s awards

10 Apr 2025

Honeywell promotes international business GC to legal chief role

Su Ping Lu replaces Anne Madden, who is taking on a new role with Honeywell

9 Apr 2025

Sullivan & Cromwell tops global M&A rankings after strongest start for deal-making in three years

New York firm comfortably ahead of Davis Polk & Wardwell and Freshfields in second and third spot respectively

9 Apr 2025

American Airlines hires Latham & Watkins partner to lead legal team

Anthony Richmond replaces former CLO Priya Aiyar, who left for Warner Brothers in February

7 Apr 2025

Hogan Lovells hires litigation partner quartet from Kramer Levin in Washington

Group were part of litigation boutique Robin Russell, which merged with Kramer Levin in 2022

3 Apr 2025

Pinsent Masons elevates 24 to partner in latest promotions round

Women make up 54% of the latest cohort, while the UK dominates with 18 promotions

3 Apr 2025

Shoosmiths to offer £1m firmwide bonus pot if staff meet AI usage targets

Firm will pay bonus if staff collectively make one million Microsoft Copilot prompts over next year

2 Apr 2025

Green Bay Packers sign GC from Arizona Cardinals as previous legal head named CEO

Experienced NFL lawyer Kevin Manara replaces Ed Policy

2 Apr 2025

MoFo advises SoftBank on mega $40bn funding round in OpenAI

Largest venture-backed investment on record values ChatGPT-creator at $300bn

2 Apr 2025

Cleary Gottlieb adds five-partner IP litigation team from Latham & Watkins

Incoming group will be based in New York, Washington DC and the Bay Area

1 Apr 2025

Legal Services Board rebukes SRA, BSB for ‘failures’ in stinging report

LSB highlights ‘concerning shortfalls’ in regulatory performance at the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board

31 Mar 2025

HSF, Browne Jacobson advise on sale of WHSmith’s UK high street business

WHSmith offloading high street arm to Modella Capital to focus on travel retail business

28 Mar 2025

Womble Bond Dickinson enters alliance with Brazilian firm Schmidt Valois

Collaboration will enhance Womble’s energy and natural resources coverage in Latin America

27 Mar 2025

US investment firm TPG hires Debevoise & Plimpton partner as CLO

Jennifer Chu will replace GC Bradford Berenson, who is moving to a senior advisor role

27 Mar 2025

Cooley turnover hits $2bn mark again even as London revenue falters

Global revenue rises 5.8%, though London’s contribution slides 8% to $94.5m

26 Mar 2025

Latin American lawyers seek to embrace AI

Legal professionals discussed AI developments in Latin America at IBA regional forum in Lima last week

25 Mar 2025

Paul Hastings to launch in Abu Dhabi following infrastructure team raid on White & Case

Incoming hires include Abu Dhabi-based Din Eshanov and London-based George Kazakov

24 Mar 2025

Companies eye pro bono legal work to boost ESG impact - IBA panel

In-house legal teams are doing more pro bono work as a way to meet their business’s ESG goals

24 Mar 2025

Civil law rigidity holding back class action development in Latin America - IBA panel

Brazil leads way on class action law in the region, but others such as Argentina lack specific legislation

24 Mar 2025

Law firms must stay focused on diversity - IBA panel

Keynote speaker Andrea de la Piedra says that despite increased diversity policies, change isn’t happening fast enough

21 Mar 2025