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Isabel Parker joins US firm in new global role | 2yrs

Robert Waterson joins to lead UK tax disputes team | 2yrs

There is an oft quoted saying that a week is a long time in politics. The phrase is doubly relevant in a year which not only sees some 64 nations across the world (about 49% of the world’s population) undergoing national elections and driving democratic change, but also as a metaphor for the exponential growth in usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) globally, itself as a driver for change. | 2yrs

Xiaomi’s adviser Kirkland hails ‘groundbreaking’ decision to make an interim licence available ahead of FRAND trial | 2yrs

Mr Justice Marcus Smith will be replaced by former president Sir Peter Roth on an interim basis | 2yrs

Katherine Snow joins from crypto data platform Messari, where she was CLO | 2yrs

Higher lawyer salaries in the US are putting UK firms under pressure to compete and attract top talent amid buoyant hiring markets, writes Major Lindsey & Africa’s Nathan Peart | 2yrs

Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins follow closely behind as megadeals contribute to strengthening market | 2yrs

Group including eight partners moves over as A&O Shearman winds down Johannesburg office | 2yrs

Decisions from the European Patent Office and more recently the Unitary Patent Court continue to develop patent law affecting the life sciences in Europe, writes Mewburn Ellis patent lawyer Nick Sutcliffe | 2yrs

Support for European convention on AI builds on IBA’s AI report launched at annual conference in Mexico City last month | 2yrs

Infrastructure-focused team joins in London | 2yrs

Ashurst’s PE co-chair David Carter and UK/European PE head Braeden Donnelly join US firm | 2yrs

Lady Chief Justice hosts event to mark progress since first two women took silk in 1949 | 2yrs

US judge grants retrial as jury’s verdict is ‘against the great weight of the evidence’ | 2yrs

Insurance specialist continues Australasian expansion with second New Zealand office | 2yrs

Josephine Healy replaces Rini Banerjee, who left the VC fund back in April | 2yrs

Byl Herrmann succeeds Eleanor Acheson, who has been in the role since 2007 | 2yrs