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Orrick, Cleary, Fenwick & West guide Stripe’s multibillion-dollar OpenRouter buy

Orrick and Cleary advise OpenRouter as Fenwick acts for Stripe in deal reportedly worth around $8bn that deepens payments company’s push into AI

21 Aug 2026

Clutch of law firms guide DCC Energy’s $7.7bn takeover by KKR, ECP

Gibson Dunn, Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis and Cleary guide KKR’s largest public-to-private transaction in Europe in more than a decade alongside Irish firms Matheson, Arthur Cox and William Fry

27 Jul 2026

Kirkland recruits antitrust partner quartet from Cleary across Brussels and London

Top-ranked EU competition lawyer Robbert Snelders among those moving over

18 May 2026

Cleary adds Paul Hastings partner in London for European real estate launch

Departure of Stephen Nicolas leaves Paul Hastings with no London real estate partners following other recent exits

23 Oct 2025

Cleary to shutter Frankfurt office after 34 years

Closure follows departure of senior partners from shrinking office in recent years

22 May 2025

Cleary Gottlieb adds five-partner IP litigation team from Latham & Watkins

Incoming group will be based in New York, Washington DC and the Bay Area

1 Apr 2025

Cleary acquires London Gen AI-focused legaltech startup

Springbok AI’s founder and team of 10 data scientists and AI engineers to join Cleary

17 Mar 2025

Cleary to shut Beijing arm, joining US law firm exodus from mainland China

New York firm to focus China coverage in Hong Kong

17 Feb 2025

Cleary, Freshfields secure major wins for Amazon and Apple as CAT strikes down class action

First outright rejection of certification effectively tightens UK’s class action regime putting spotlight on independence of class representatives

16 Jan 2025

Cleary makes up 26 in latest partner promotions round

US firm completes first promotions round since it introduced non-equity partner tier

11 Nov 2024