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Skadden hits Akin for investment management partners across Abu Dhabi, Washington DC
Incoming trio bring partner count in Abu Dhabi office Skadden opened last year to seven
Innsworth loses judicial review challenge to Mastercard settlement
Walter Merricks hails ‘total victory’ as High Court dismisses funder’s challenge to distribution of £200m settlement
Akin adds four-partner private equity team in New York and London from Sidley
Incoming group includes returnees Gerald Brant, Jeffrey Kochian and Brittany Harrison
Akin re-hires restructuring partner trio from Weil in London
Team is led by Neil Devaney, who returns as head of London financial restructuring
Akin to shutter Singapore office
Closure of eight-lawyer office next year to leave Akin with Hong Kong as sole branch in Asia
Ropes & Gray PE partner duo exit in London
Dan Oates and Angela Becker to join Akin according to reports, following other senior defections from Ropes’ London PE team this year
Akin’s veteran London chief exits for GC role
Sebastian Rice leaves Akin after 24 years for top legal role at Dubai-based telecoms multinational Veon
Akin opens in Chicago with four partners recruited from Mayer Brown
Launch of 18th office follows hire of real estate funds and infrastructure M&A team in May
Willkie builds in Dallas with PE partner trio from Akin, A&O Shearman
PE-focused office has doubled partner headcount since opening 14 months ago
Akin, Addleshaw Goddard open Middle East offices
Akin to launch in Riyadh as Addleshaw launches fifth regional base in Abu Dhabi
Akin makes second double partner hire in Chicago from Mayer Brown
Arrival of Joshua La Vigne and Jessica Pan follows hire of Wendy Dobson Gallegos and Jason Wagenmaker last month
CAT approves £200m Mastercard settlement amid bitter funding dispute
‘Largest consumer settlement through the English courts’ brings decade-long interchange fee battle to a close
Akin hits Mayer Brown for first Chicago partners
Hires comes as Akin plans Chicago office launch, according to sources with knowledge of the matter
Akin hires White & Case partner ahead of Riyadh debut
Project finance specialist Alexander Malahias joins ahead of planned office launch later this year
CAT approves Mastercard’s £200m class action settlement over credit card fees
Decision follows bid by claim’s funder to scupper deal struck with lead claimant Walter Merricks
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
Morgan Lewis builds in London with partner hires from Baker McKenzie, Akin
Competition lawyer Paul Johnson joins from Baker McKenzie as structured finance lawyer Dasha Sobornova moves over from Akin
Cooley’s London chief takes team to Akin
Justin Stock joins with two more partners to boost Akin’s tech transactions bench
Akin names successors to veteran chair Koopersmith
UK-US duo Dan Walsh and Abid Qureshi to take over as co-chairs of top 40 US firm next April
Orrick adds top litigator from Akin as slew of firms mark DC hires
DOJ veteran Esther Lander joins tech-focused firm as Goodwin, Steptoe, Willkie and Weil also add DC partners