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Holland & Hart recruits three-partner patent team from Ashurst Perkins Coie
National US firm points to building destination IP practice as a strategic priority as trio joins in Denver
Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk steer Intel’s upsized $20bn stock offering
Gibson Dunn acts for Intel on first public share sale since 1971 as Davis Polk steers underwriters
Paul Hastings adds London restructuring firepower with senior partner hires
Bevis Metcalfe and Kieran Sharma join from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and Sidley Austin respectively as US firm rebuilds City restructuring bench
Clyde & Co revenue inches up 2% as profit falls by nearly 10%
Firm cites 'volatile geopolitical and commercial backdrop' as profit drops to £160m
Simpson Thacher takes five-partner Kirkland team for Chicago debut
Firm cites aim to build transactional, regulatory and disputes practices in Chicago as it opens office with team of private investment and family office partners
Holland & Knight targets defence work with debut in Alabama boomtown
Florida-based firm opens office in Huntsville led by former IP chair for Southeastern firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Sidley Austin adds 11-lawyer fund finance team in New York from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
US firm continues hiring spree with two-partner group that includes a former co-head of legacy Cadwalader's fund finance practice
Brown Rudnick hires 34-lawyer IP litigation team from HSF Kramer, opens in Silicon Valley
US firm’s biggest-ever team hire sees group led by seven partners join across Silicon Valley and New York
ArentFox Schiff opens in Silicon Valley with Reed Smith trademark team
US firm points to ambition to grow corporate and real estate offering alongside IP in new office as it takes on team of around 10 attorneys and paralegals
Mourant takes private equity investment to fund international expansion, AI investment
Offshore firm sells 27% stake to mid-market PE firm MML to fund international expansion, lateral hires and investment in AI
K&L Gates absorbs nine-strong IP team in Munich from local boutique
Group significantly boosts US firm’s IP bench in one of Europe’s most important patent markets
Wachtell, Debevoise guide Prysmian’s $3.8bn Atkore buy in US electrical push
Wachtell acts for Italy’s Prysmian, the world’s biggest cablemaker, as it bets on AI-driven infrastructure demand with buy of Debevoise-repped electrical products-maker Atkore
Ireland’s Matheson names new managing partner as incumbent resigns
Shane Hogan to succeed Darren Maher, who took over as managing partner in January and has left the firm
Latham deepens tech push with Hg general counsel hire in London
Samantha McGonigle brings extensive tech and software-related deals experience, follows recent tech hires by Latham in London from MoFo, Travers Smith
Pinsent Masons hires first financial regulatory consulting head from Eversheds
Ian Stott joins with team in London having built the financial regulatory consulting practice at Konexo, Eversheds’ legal services delivery arm
Pinsent Masons senior partner to step down after contested election
Andrew Masraf to be succeeded by financial services sector head John Maciver on 1 October at the end of his first four-year term
Gibson Dunn recruits Wachtell co-chair Savitt along with five other disputes partners
Renowned litigator William Savitt takes team to Gibson Dunn in move firm hails as ‘rare and powerful’
Macfarlanes’ PEP holds steady as revenue nears £390m
PEP stalls at £3.1m in year top UK independent characterised as ‘transitional’
Osborne Clarke revenue approaches €600m in year of ‘consistent growth’
International revenue hit €593.9m while UK business saw PEP push through £800k for second consecutive year
Linklaters and South Africa’s Webber Wentzel end 13-year alliance
Move continues string of strategy changes in South Africa by major law firms including A&O Shearman, Norton Rose Fulbright and legacy Hogan Lovells