Orrick and Cleary advise OpenRouter as Fenwick acts for Stripe in deal reportedly worth around $8bn that deepens payments company’s push into AI
Regions
Europe
Listed regional firm will add 160 legal professionals to its ranks with acquisition of target’s commercial and private wealth business lines
North America
Financing from group of venture capital investors and Orrick will help expand company’s US and UK teams
Financial services veteran Lucy Fato takes over from previous legal chief Bobbi Anderson
Latin America
Luxury brands may need to adapt their commercial documentation to local legal standards when entering the Brazilian market, write Stocche Forbes lawyers Flavia Câmara e Castro and Thiago Porto Ribeiro
Stocche Forbes lawyers Thiago Porto Ribeiro, Mateus Lino Ferreira and Felipe Faria Savassi Stehling analyse the impacts of using AI tools in the creation of luxury products and how technology amplifie...
Asia
More than 70 events this week will bring together legal practitioners, business leaders and policymakers from over 100 countries
Society cites confidentiality assurances as minister backs disclosure of redacted investigation material
Oceania
Nicholas Dunstone marks Jones Day’s fifth lateral partner hire in Australia this year
First results since transatlantic merger show PEP of $2.1m, up 7% on Herbert Smith Freehills’ pre-merger figure
Africa
Move continues string of strategy changes in South Africa by major law firms including A&O Shearman, Norton Rose Fulbright and legacy Hogan Lovells
Senior judicial leaders from more than 20 countries have gathered in Abuja for the inaugural International Bar Association Judges’ Forum
Middle East
UK firm set up its regional headquarters in kingdom in 2021 as part of Saudi economic diversification drive
Peter Loo was formerly GC at Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority