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Deep-sea mining and commercial space activity may fuel rise in geopolitical disputes | 2mos

Off-cycle round is US firm’s first since introducing a salaried partner tier earlier this year | 2mos

Scott Keller joins as GC in July and will replace R. Hewitt Pate as CLO at the start of next year | 2mos

Thirty-one advocates set up Scotland’s first new stable of advocates in almost 20 years to form 1Six Chambers | 2mos

Firms that succeed with legal directory rankings are those that treat submissions as a year round process, not a last minute scramble, writes AKH Legal Consulting’s Alex Holtum | 2mos

Anna Bradley to step down from the SRA board, while the Law Society elects next deputy vice president and the Bar names vice chair | 2mos

Fieldfisher raids Clyde & Co but loses partner to BCLP, while Clyde & Co restocks from Womble Bond Dickinson | 2mos

M&A lawyers Simon Rahimzada and Vasi Papadopoulos join firm ahead of its merger with Cadwalader | 2mos

M&A and debt finance trio join from MoFo, White & Case and Ropes for Chicago giant’s first Asian office outside Greater China | 2mos

Tie-up of Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing’s UK-led business completed today, creating firm with 1,400 lawyers and £1.2bn in revenue | 2mos

As London International Disputes Week returns, it offers the London Court of International Arbitration a chance to show what institutional renewal looks like in practice, writes Ben Rigby | 2mos

Companies are increasing spending on legal AI software to boost productivity, cut spend and possibly headcount, Gartner says | 2mos

Intelligence platform is designed to assist the firm’s asset management, regulatory and tax lawyers | 2mos

George Burn joins CMS’s London practice as London International Disputes Week opens with International Arbitration Day | 2mos

Sébastien Bonnard joins with three team members as transatlantic firm bolsters arbitration bench ahead of Cadwalader merger | 2mos

Tina Hinz is elevated to GC and chief compliance officer role, succeeding Marc Merrill | 2mos

Chicago giant flexes financial muscle to develop proprietary AI products | 2mos

Latham, Skadden, Freshfields and White & Case score roles in deal that will see casino giant’s acquisition by conglomerate owned by billionaire Tilman Fertitta | 2mos

Move follows last month’s addition of a former Allen & Gledhill counsel in its Singapore group practice | 2mos