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Greenberg Traurig eyes Asia renewables boom as firm opens in Singapore
Singapore launch follows Riyadh opening last month; firm also mulls expansion in Dubai, Brazil
Around the house: Lowe’s chooses new legal head, Daimler Truck’s US business promotes GC to CLO role
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Vallourec, KMD, Dextra Partners and Vision RNG
Freshfields beats gender target for third year in a row in latest partner promotion round
Magic circle firm elevates 30 to partner – three more than in 2022 – with women accounting for 53% of promotions
Starbucks hires veteran GC as new legal head after year-long search
Former Medtronic GC Brad Lerman comes out of retirement to take up role
India’s Trilegal secures eight-strong M&A team from rival Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Team is led by Amit Khansaheb, who assembled group while at BMR Legal before moving to Shardul in 2017
Clifford Chance hires US insurance partner from Mayer Brown in New York
Frank Monaco is the latest in a recent spate of recruits for the firm’s US insurance practice
Top Spanish firm Cuatrecasas sees revenue grow 4.7% to hit new record
Firm’s revenue rises to €352.66m for the 2022 fiscal year as Latin American and Portuguese business grows
Sullivan & Cromwell tops M&A rankings in Q1 as deal making tumbles to decade low
First quarter deal value is lowest since 2013 and slowest quarter since the start of the pandemic, according to Refinitiv
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
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
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
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
Kirkland, Latham and Pillsbury advise on $4.8bn Concentrix merger with Webhelp
Transatlantic deal will create a global leader in customer experience services
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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