Europe/Belgium
Ex-A&O senior partner Wim Dejonghe launches AI-native law firm
Belgium-based start-up will charge clients a flat fee for contract reviews, with work checked by a lawyer
Travers Smith bolsters Brussels bench with hire of Mayer Brown’s London competition head
Daniel Vowden’s arrival marks fourth lateral partner hire by Travers Smith this month
BonelliErede and Hogan Lovells Cadwalader latest to boost Brussels ranks with partner hires
The hires follow a flurry of activity in the de-facto European capital
Mayer Brown boosts Brussels presence with Baker McKenzie trade partner hire
Pablo Bentes, who joins with two team members, specialises in representing sovereign states in international trade disputes
Belgian legaltech start-up LegalFly launches AI-powered Contract Intelligence tool
Company says new offering covers entire contract lifecycle from drafting through to signature
‘Information is becoming commoditised; judgement isn’t’: dealmakers debate impact of AI on cross-border M&A
Sullivan & Cromwell partners Frank Aquila and Jeremy Kutner explore how AI, regulation and geopolitics are reshaping global M&A with experts from 29 countries
Cravath, Latham guide Martin Marietta’s $13.5bn Lhoist North America merger
French firm Bredin Prat also helps steer latest in string of deals in the US building-products industry
‘The forces that drive M&A, strategic growth and transformation are stronger than ever’: delegates at IBA’s global M&A conference share their views
M&A specialists from across the world gathered in New York earlier this month for the IBA’s 23rd annual Global Mergers and Acquisitions Conference
Soft skills shine in a fractured, AI-driven legal world, GCs say at IBA’s 23rd annual global M&A conference
Corporate legal leaders from Sony, Coursera, Hitachi, ITOCHU and Standard Industries say listening skills and judgement will drive success as legal departments confront geopolitical volatility, AI disruption and changing expectations
Kirkland recruits antitrust partner quartet from Cleary across Brussels and London
Top-ranked EU competition lawyer Robbert Snelders among those moving over
The Global Legal Post launches comparative guide to fashion law
Cross-jurisdictional Law Over Borders guide is edited by Trevisan & Cuonzo partner Julia Holden, who is based in Milan
Vinson & Elkins debuts in Brussels with ex-Hogan Lovells partner
US firm hires antitrust partner May Lyn Yuen for first Continental European office
Paul Hastings relaunches in Brussels with King & Spalding partner hire
Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte will chair the Brussels office and spearhead the firm’s EU antitrust expansion
Slaughter and May creates digital regulation practice
Firm cites ‘unprecedented’ regulatory complexity for clients as digital regimes in the EU and UK come into effect and are more actively enforced
Former Freshfields co-managing partner defects to Skadden in Brussels
Competition lawyer Rafique Bachour said he was stepping down from co-managing partner role back in July
New Zealand legaltech start-up LawVu buys contract specialist ClauseBase
LawVu says deal will value combined company at $220m
Geradin Partners boosts Finnish arm with partner hire from local rival
Brussels-based firm secures former head of competition at Borenius
Belgian and UK law societies agree cross-border practice rights deal
UK law societies broker deal making it easier for lawyers to practise in Brussels
Hogan Lovells adds two-partner trade team in Brussels from Steptoe
Steptoe’s EU trade lead Renato Antonini joins alongside Eva Monard and Byron Maniatis
Geradin Partners makes double partner hire in Brussels and adds former Tory MP in London
Firm also officially opens new offices in Berlin and Cologne as part of German expansion