Corporate

Jarlath Pratt joins as partner having been assistant general counsel at Singaporean sovereign wealth fund | 1yr

Weil’s European Distress Index shows distress rising across multiple industries and economies | 1yr

Summer tally follows 18 Americas promotions in January with the overall proportion of women dipping slightly to 47% | 1yr

Zach Podolsky’s departure from Wachtell marks a rare lateral move away from elite US firm | 1yr

Weil advises Advent as Slaughters acts for Spectris in one of the biggest recent takeovers of a London-listed business | 1yr

Arrival of Joshua La Vigne and Jessica Pan follows hire of Wendy Dobson Gallegos and Jason Wagenmaker last month | 1yr

Delegates heard from luxury luminaries like former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman and celebrated designers Julien Macdonald and Karen Millen | 11mos

Travers guides Assura on acquisition by Simpson Thacher-repped KKR and Stonepeak | 1yr

Top European independent forms association with two Cambodian firms after debuting in Southeast Asia last year through Vietnam tie-up | 1yr

Kirkland & Ellis and Baker McKenzie guide Kleenex tissue-maker Kimberly-Clark as Freshfields counsels Suzano | 1yr

Panel at London International Disputes Week featuring ex-Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk KC, debates finely balanced ethical dilemmas | 1yr

Rainmaker George Casey to oversee US strategy in new role having joined the firm from Shearman last year | 1yr

Tie-up with 24-lawyer Faber Daeufer & Itrato boosts Crowell’s emerging companies and life sciences capabilities | 1yr

Rainmaker Graham Robinson joins with two more partners and around 15 associates | 1yr

Willkie Farr and Latham also called in for Third Point Investors’ proposed all-share combination with Malibu Life Reinsurance and re-IPO | 1yr

George Knighton returns after just under six years at US rival in the capital | 1yr

A&O Shearman’s joint Singapore managing partner Tim Beech moves over with newly-minted partner Regina Lui and an associate to boost US firm’s global corporate trust team | 1yr

Firm has hired seven partners into the practice across Abu Dhabi, Paris and London since 1 April, six of them from White & Case | 1yr

Once luxury houses innovate more through sustainable practices, the rest of the fashion industry is sure to follow, writes Foley & Lardner’s Grace Fucci | 1yr