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McDermott, Schulte in merger talks to create $2.8bn firm
Tie-up would create top 20 US firm by revenue and headcount
Fieldfisher debuts in Poland with 25-lawyer team
Firm doubles down on European expansion strategy with new offices in Warsaw and Krakow staffed with team hired from Polish boutiques
DAC Beachcroft forges Australian alliance
Collaboration with insurance specialist Gilchrist Connell intended to help clients navigate complex coverage issues and defend claims
Latham & Watkins, Paul Weiss lead on Skechers’ $9.4bn sale to 3G Capital
Kirkland & Ellis and Sullivan & Cromwell also called in for footwear industry’s biggest buyout to date
Legal regulator approves first AI-driven law firm
Debt recovery specialist Garfield.Law becomes first purely AI-based firm allowed to provide regulated legal services in England and Wales
Latham, White & Case guide DoorDash’s £2.9bn Deliveroo acquisition
Cash deal marks largest UK take-private to date in 2025
BCLP launches redundancy consultation
Transatlantic firm to cut around 8% of business services staff globally
Sidley hits A&O Shearman for nine lawyers in New York, DC
Hires include A&O Shearman’s US head of financial services regulatory, a finance partner, two counsel and five associates
Dentons hires former EY Law head to lead new global solutions group
Cornelius Grossmann to spearhead firm’s efforts to deploy technology as global head of solutions development
Bird & Bird and Addleshaw Goddard unveil their partner promotions
Intake at Addleshaws falls to 17 from 2024’s record high of 26 while cohort at Bird & Bird edges up from 13 to 17
Rate rises fuel double-digit revenue growth for Big Law in Q1, Wells Fargo reports
Am Law 200 grew revenue 11.3% in first quarter of the year, though demand growth did not live up to expectations according to bank’s research
Sullivan & Cromwell, Goodwin Procter guide Merck’s $3.9bn US biotech buy
Wall Street leader acts for longtime client Merck as Goodwin Procter counsels acquisition target SpringWorks
Clifford Chance appoints five partners in Paris as part of 31-strong promotions round
Round dominated by corporate and global financial markets practices also sees three partners elevated in Singapore
DWF launches redundancy consultation for more than 100 staff
Top 25 UK firm cites changing client needs as it launches round focused on business services
Sidley hits Cadwalader for 14-lawyer real estate finance team
Group joining across New York and Washington DC includes Cadwalader’s finance group co-chair Bonnie Neuman and three more partners
DLA Piper makes up 65 in latest partner promotions round
US sees most promotions in round again dominated by corporate practice
Ashurst unveils 20-strong promotions round
Reduced round follows record cohorts over past three years
Freshfields makes up 25 in latest partner promotions round
London gains most new partners in round dominated by disputes and transactions practices
Kirkland, Mayer Brown act in Boeing’s $10.55bn sale of tech assets to Thoma Bravo
Kirkland counsels Thoma Bravo as Mayer Brown acts for Boeing in deal jet maker says will enable it to focus on core business
A&O Shearman rings in first post-merger partner promotions round
Thirty-three make the grade in round that sees M&A and energy practices gain most new partners