News About Arnold & Porter

Arnold & Porter hires former Wilkie EU antitrust partner in London

New recruit Nicola Chesaites was most recently a freelance barrister after leaving Wilkie in May 2025

6 May 2026

McDermott recruits financial disputes partner in London from Arnold & Porter

Hilton Mervis brings leading reputation in representing private equity firms and hedge funds

4 Nov 2025

Top commercial lawyers to debate merits of cost shifting

Debate overseen by Mr Justice Picken will ask whether reform would increase access to justice

21 Oct 2025

London partner welcomes progress of campaign in son’s memory to end university zero-tolerance drug policies

Arnold & Porter partner Hilton Mervis launched SafeCourse in memory of his son Daniel, who died after becoming addicted while at Oxford University

29 Aug 2025

Wachtell, Latham, Arnold & Porter advise on Palo Alto Networks’ $25bn CyberArk deal

Transaction is latest cybersecurity megadeal, following Alphabet’s acquisition of Wiz earlier in the year

30 Jul 2025

Arnold & Porter hires partner group from K&L Gates to launch in Seattle

New Seattle office will be led by partner and Western US strategic growth chair Pallavi Mehta Wahi

28 Jul 2025

Skadden, Goodwin, Davis Polk act as Novo closes $16.5bn Catalent deal

Jones Day, Linklaters and Arnold & Porter also called in for the largest healthcare buyout of 2024

20 Dec 2024

Arnold & Porter refreshes leadership team, creates new CEO position

Ellen Kaye Fleishhacker and Michael Daneker elected co-chairs, Sean Howell promoted to CEO

1 Nov 2024

Harley-Davidson sues Next for alleged trademark infringement over kids’ t-shirt

Unusual move sees iconic motorcycle manufacturer bring claim against retailer at UK High Court

4 Jun 2024

Arnold & Porter hires trio of lawyers to bolster US white collar and environmental teams


New partners include former government lawyer Lee Cortes and Preti Flaherty’s environmental chair Jeffrey Talbert

26 Mar 2024

Arnold & Porter adds six partner team across US from BCLP

Multi-practice team joins across Chicago, Denver and New York

6 Feb 2024

Thomson Reuters dispute with AI start-up to go to jury trial in US

Media company accuses AI outfit Ross Intelligence of illegally using its content to train its own competing AI-based platform

27 Sep 2023

Arnold & Porter adds senior Foley Hoag partner for Boston debut

Hemmie Chang joins to lead new life sciences-focused office

20 Sep 2023

Arnold & Porter adds five-partner product liability team in Houston and DC

Veteran litigators join amid uptick in federal and state regulatory scrutiny facing product manufacturers

8 Sep 2023

Consultation on changes to the 1996 Arbitration Act: what you need to know

David Reed and David Horvath-Franco of Arnold & Porter outline the Law Commission’s most eye-catching proposed reforms to the 1996 Arbitration Act

7 Oct 2022

Arnold & Porter targets EU life sciences sector with Amsterdam office launch

Move follows EU's decision to relocate regulator from London in response to Brexit

1 Aug 2022