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DWF follows up on nine-partner raid on Hall & Wilcox by securing 53 additional team members
Specialist London market insurance litigation group moving across to UK-based firm swells following talks with team members
US private equity firm AE Industrial hires McDermott partner as first GC
Matthew Friendly leaves McDermott after 11 years, taking up his first in-house role
AI-related filings drive increase in US securities class action lawsuits in 2024
Plaintiffs filed 225 lawsuits in total last year, up from 215 in 2023, Cornerstone and Stanford Law School study finds
Spotify to seek new legal head after GC announces plan to step down
Eve Konstan will leave the streaming platform this week after almost five years
Disney+ hires former Netflix lawyer as EMEA legal and business affairs VP
Deepti Burton spent six years at rival Netflix as EMEA head of business and legal affairs
MLB team Baltimore Orioles hires CLO from Washington Capitals-owner
Former WilmerHale and Venable lawyer Kamaal Jones joins from Monumental Sports & Entertainment
American Public Transport Association hires GC from PBGC
Taria Barron replaces Linda Ford, who departed the organisation in August
Roomba-maker iRobot replaces GC for the second time in 12 months
Kevin Lanouette will succeed Tonya Drake, who was promoted to GC last January
Direct Line hires GC from Close Brothers amid Aviva merger plans
Angela Yotov is due to join the insurance giant in February, replacing Humphrey Tomlinson
In-house counsel fret about growing cyber and AI disputes risk, study finds
Baker McKenzie’s annual disputes survey shows global companies are also concerned about employment disputes
UK’s Independent Football Regulator appoints first legal head
David Riley joins from the CMA as shadow regulator waits for Football Governance Bill to pass into law
Gibson Dunn names new London co-managing partners
Robert Carr and Osma Hudda replace Ali Nikpay and Penny Madden KC
Kinstellar launches in Austria with Wolf Theiss partner hire
Experienced M&A lawyer Horst Ebhardt will lead the new Vienna office
Norton Rose Fulbright makes double hire from Locke Lord and Dechert in London
Kirsty Harrower and Jamal Tuhin join as partners in the real estate and private equity teams, respectively
‘Trump Bump’ may boost US M&A activity next year, A&O Shearman report says
UK-listed companies are increasingly being targeted by US acquirers, according to Magic Circle firm
DWF hires Hogan Lovells’ Warsaw office head and her nine-strong team
Move follows transatlantic firm’s announcement in September that it was shuttering its Warsaw office
Constellation hires Jenner & Block energy practice co-head as next GC
Clean energy specialist also promotes current GC to chief legal and policy officer
Vogue publisher Condé Nast lines up SoundCloud legal head as next GC
Antonious Porch will join in February, filling the seat left vacant by William Bowes’ departure
Most CEE companies already using AI systems, CMS study shows
Companies in the region say they are ramping up AI training amid new EU AI regulations
Lockheed Martin names next GC as veteran legal head retires
Kevin O’Connor will replace Maryanne Lavan, who is departing after nearly 35 years with the company