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Skadden, Davis Polk called in as Emerson completes acquisition of AspenTech

Emerson calls on longtime adviser Davis Polk as Skadden reps Aspen

6 Nov 2024

UK disputes firm Seladore Legal recruits ex-HSF lawyer for Singapore debut

Liang-Ying Tan is seventh partner to join Seladore, all of whom previously worked at HSF

6 Nov 2024

Harris and Trump line up burgeoning legal teams as US goes to the polls

Lawyers from array of top US firms on hand as ‘most-litigated’ election in US history reaches critical stage

5 Nov 2024

Freshfields hires private credit trio from Weil in London

Paul Stewart joins as global co-head of private credit and capital solutions alongside two new partners

4 Nov 2024

Fieldfisher managing partner Shooter wins second term

Robert Shooter has overseen 10% year-on-year revenue growth since taking the helm in 2022

4 Nov 2024

Skadden raids Latham for London tech transactions head

Deborah Kirk latest in string of partner departures from Latham’s City office

4 Nov 2024

Linklaters secures top-flight A&O Shearman finance team in New York

A&O Shearman’s financial markets co-head David Lucking moves across with three more partners

28 Oct 2024

AmLaw 200 partner pay hits record $1.4m

Average compensation jumps 26% in two years according to survey by Major Lindsey & Africa

25 Oct 2024

Kessler Topaz name partner retires after 28 years

Plaintiff lawyer David Kessler was lead counsel in landmark Tyco class action

25 Oct 2024

Kennedys senior partner Nick Thomas to step down after 27 years at helm

Thomas, who will stay on as a partner, will oversee process to appoint successor in January

24 Oct 2024

Freshfields debt finance partner defects to Kirkland in US

HT Flanagan to work out of Dallas and New York at Kirkland, which boasts world’s largest debt finance practice

24 Oct 2024

Kirkland, Freshfields, Bredin Prat called in for €16bn sale of Sanofi’s consumer health arm

Sale to US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice comes as investors anticipate more and larger European PE buyouts

23 Oct 2024

Cooley recruits Gowling’s London life sciences head

Jenny Davies joins as a partner in Cooley’s London life sciences partnering and licensing practice

23 Oct 2024

Raft of firms called in for $14.5bn Nord Anglia acquisition

Latham, Cravath, Ropes and Debevoise act on international school operator’s acquisition by consortium

22 Oct 2024

Kirkland marks first structured finance hire in London

Chicago giant replenishes London ranks following raids by Paul Weiss; also hires structured credit partner from Milbank in New York

22 Oct 2024

Paul Hastings adds four partner employment group in New York from Baker McKenzie

Team boosts Paul Hastings’ complex workplace litigation offering

21 Oct 2024

HFW adds construction lawyer from Clifford Chance in Perth

Arrival of disputes specialist Sean Marriott continues expansion of UK firm’s global construction group

21 Oct 2024

Skadden to close in Shanghai, cut roles in China corporate practice

New York firm latest of a string of leading international practices to scale back in China

18 Oct 2024

Paul Weiss raids Kirkland’s London funds team again for latest partner hire

Revathi Raghavan is fifth partner to join Paul Weiss this year in London from Kirkland’s investment funds team

18 Oct 2024

A&O Shearman ‘moving to all-equity partnership’

Merged firm is reportedly adopting a three-level modified lockstep

18 Oct 2024