James Morgan’s hire follows 12-partner raid on Kirkland by Paul Weiss that included two London tax partners | 2yrs
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Incoming team includes partners Jeffrey Kochian, Gerald Brant and Brittany Harrison | 2yrs
Current regulation could lead to a much wider range of entities being caught by sanctions than previously thought, write James Ellis-Rees, Christopher Jefferies and Emily Evans of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | 2yrs
John O’Driscoll joins having led Walkers’ London insolvency and dispute resolution team | 2yrs
Delaware jury orders the tech giant to cough up damages to voice technology company | 2yrs
UK private equity firm Inflexion had owned Chambers since 2018 and secured a 4.7x return on its investment | 2yrs
Verein arrangement to end next March as UK-based firm seeks ‘solid, long-term position in Italy’ | 2yrs
Bill implementing reform to Arbitration Act 1996 praised by arbitration professionals, but Bar Council hits back over underfunding of court system | 2yrs
London office sees the most promotions with nine, though US dominates overall | 2yrs
Hong Kong-based D’Agostino to begin second four-year term next May | 2yrs
Business services group head Craig Scott will replace Peter Jackson next year | 2yrs
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at America’s Public Television Stations, Coincover, Clover Health Investments and Adventist HealthCare | 2yrs
Corporate lawyer Andrew Nussbaum and litigator William Savitt to succeed veteran chairs Edward Herlihy and Daniel Neff | 2yrs
IP filings have “braved” the pandemic, but WIPO director general warns of geopolitical instability and an uncertain economic outlook | 2yrs
Small and mid-size firms can benefit from IT director services without having to hire a full-time IT director, writes 3Kites’ Jon Howells | 2yrs
Flexible office space provider filed for bankruptcy protection in the US on Monday | 2yrs
Kirkland advises marquee client Bain as Milbank and Covington counsel Guidehouse and tech investor owner Veritas | 2yrs
Greg Lavigne joins the firm’s energy, transportation and infrastructure group | 2yrs
Giles Salmond joins specialist disputes firm having been Eversheds’ head of indirect taxes and tax disputes resolution | 2yrs
Burges Salmon tops list of firms meeting client expectations on people, planet and governance, according to Lamp House Strategy | 2yrs