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Around the house: M&G replaces outgoing legal head, BD hands acting GC full-time gig

This week’s roundup of top in-house hires also includes appointments at the ACC, Applied Industrial Technologies, JumpCloud and The Real Brokerage

6 Apr 2023

Latham, Kirkland, Paul Weiss and Pillsbury advise on UFC and WWE mega-merger

UFC owner Endeavor agrees to merge with WWE in deal that would value combined sports giant at more than $21bn

4 Apr 2023

Paul Hastings hires litigation partner from Cahill to boost white collar coverage

Brad Bondi will co-chair the firm’s investigations and white collar defence practice in Washington

3 Apr 2023

Greenberg Traurig taps Willkie for new European restructuring co-chair in Milan

Bruno Cova will co-chair group alongside John Houghton in London and Claudia Hard in Berlin

3 Apr 2023

Kirkland, Latham and Pillsbury advise on $4.8bn Concentrix merger with Webhelp

Transatlantic deal will create a global leader in customer experience services

31 Mar 2023

Sidley Austin makes double partner hire from Weil to bolster London private equity practice

James MacArthur and Ed Freeman bring vast deal experience, notably in the energy and infrastructure sectors

31 Mar 2023

Linklaters meets gender diversity target for third consecutive year in latest promotion round

Magic circle firm elevates 41 to its partnership, with 17 women making the cut – just above its 40% goal

30 Mar 2023

Ashurst expands London disputes coverage with partner hire from Goldman Sachs

Banking litigation and investigations lawyer Philip Linton returns to private practice after 12 years at Goldman

30 Mar 2023

Around the house: Former WeWork CLO joins US fintech DailyPay, Levi Strauss replaces veteran CLO

This week’s roundup of top in-house hires also includes appointments at Smithfield Foods, James Fisher and Sons, The Bank of London and U-Haul

30 Mar 2023

‘Live sales are creating a bit of havoc’: Lipkus Law co-founder on the trends impacting the anti-counterfeiting world

Anti-counterfeiting guide editor Lorne Lipkus discusses the challenges practitioners face this year, as well as some of the market’s recent enforcement successes

27 Mar 2023

Around the house: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation replaces retiring CLO; former Diageo lawyer trades Johnnie Walker for Ribena

This week’s roundup of top in-house hires also includes appointments at Gong Cha, Capstan Therapeutics, Advanced Vapor Devices and Pérez-Llorca

23 Mar 2023

More UK in-house teams plan to cut legal spend than most global peers, study shows

Economic worries are higher among UK corporate legal departments, according to a Thomson Reuters survey

23 Mar 2023

Who won Women and Diversity in Law Awards - and why - Outstanding Women Practitioners

Discover which women practitioners and diversity, equity and inclusion champions most impressed the awards judges

22 Mar 2023

Who won Women And Diversity in Law Awards - and why - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion categories

Details of the winning entries in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion section of the awards

22 Mar 2023

Who won Women and Diversity in Law Awards - and why - Outstanding Women Leaders

Discover which women leaders in a highly competitive field of finalists most impressed the awards judges

22 Mar 2023

Heavy workloads hinder one in 10 in-house lawyers from completing regulatory duties

Study by professional regulator also shows that 5% of in-house counsel felt compelled to suppress information

17 Mar 2023

Around the house: Dentsply Sinora shakes up legal team; former Revlon GC joins New York consultancy Accordion

This week’s roundup of top in-house hires also includes appointments at Zingeroo, Indara, Numeracle and McCalla Raymer

16 Mar 2023

US companies spend record $3.5bn on class action defence in 2022, study finds

Majority of in-house teams are worried about growth in meritless claims, according to Carlton Fields

10 Mar 2023

DLA Piper tops global ESG law firm ranking as UK firms dominate

Almost half of the top 25 best performing firms on ESG are headquartered in the UK, according to Impactvise

17 Feb 2023

Almost half of US lawyers see no rate increases in 2022, Wolters Kluwer report shows

Some 27% of law firm timekeepers saw no increase, while 13% saw average rates go down

15 Feb 2023