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Legal AI start-up Luminance, backed by Slaughter and May, raises $75m
Funding round marks one of largest capital raises by pure-play legal AI company in UK and Europe
Simpson Thacher taps Willkie Farr for four-partner registered funds team
Firm cites growing client focus on retail market products as partners join across New York and DC
Addleshaw Goddard absorbs Linklaters’ Warsaw office
Firm hails addition of 80-lawyer office as ‘milestone’ in international expansion drive
King & Spalding hits Baker McKenzie for Brussels trade duo
Firm restocks Brussels trade bench with partner Arnoud Willems and newly-minted partner Bregt Natens following exits last November
Cleary to shut Beijing arm, joining US law firm exodus from mainland China
New York firm to focus China coverage in Hong Kong
Linklaters hires CMA litigation chief in London
Jessica Radke latest in string of senior disputes hires for Magic Circle firm in UK and US
A&O Shearman IP teams depart for White & Case and Clifford Chance in London and Paris
Former A&O IP head David Stone joins White & Case in London with two more lawyers as IP partner David Por moves to CC in Paris with a two-lawyer team
Cadwalader hits Reed Smith, Ashurst for London fund finance trio
US firm restocks London finance bench following team exit for King & Spalding last year
Norton Rose Fulbright ups NQ pay in London to £135k
Rise of 12.5% brings firm in line with Hogan Lovells, Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Spalding builds out global energy practice with double partner raid on Akin in London
Dan Giemajner and Matt Hardwick continue run of UK hires for US firm
Hill Dickinson restricts access to Gen AI tools following ‘significant increase in usage’
UK firm detected more than 32,000 hits to ChatGPT in one-week period
Haynes Boone picks up four-partner Memery Crystal capital markets team amid ongoing exits
London boutique continues to splinter as parent company RBG Holdings prepares to enter administration
Pinsent Masons set to cut roles in Germany
Cuts to affect 14 equity partners and all three German offices, according to reports
White & Case calls time on exclusive Indonesia association
End of partnership with Witara Cakra Advocates means US firm will no longer have an on-the-ground presence in Indonesia
Fladgate picks up 25-strong Memery Crystal team as exits continue
Move continues break up of London boutique as parent company RBG Holdings prepares to enter administration
White & Case adds four-partner team in New York from Cadwalader
Partners bring broad M&A and shareholder engagement practices
Willkie Farr continues Germany growth push with Quinn Emanuel duo
US firm also tapped Latham for 11-lawyer restructuring team in Germany last summer
BCLP to enter Saudi Arabia’s hot legal market with two offices
Transatlantic firm hires two partners from local boutique to open bases in Riyadh and Al-Khobar
Slaughter and May names successor to first managing partner Finkler
Slaughters lifer David Johnson to take over from Deborah Finkler in August
Dinsmore continues Florida growth with local tie-up
Merger with 10-lawyer Shankman Leone follows three office launches since 2020 in the Sunshine State