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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
Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 19 lawyers to partnership
Cohort is down significantly compared to 2024 as HSF prepares for US merger
A&O Shearman, Weil, NRF advise on Ageas’ purchase of Bain-backed insurer esure
Deal valued at just under £1.3bn will create top three UK personal line insurance platform
MoFo hires second competition specialist from Cooley in Brussels
Jan Lang, who joins as a partner, is reunited with Alexander Israel, MoFo’s new EU competition head
Cooley, Covington shepherd AstraZeneca's $1bn EsoBiotec acquisition
AstraZeneca boasts highest market capitalisation of FTSE 100, at $185bn
Travers Smith plans Brussels office launch as it winds down Paris arm
UK firm looks to enhance competition law offering, but will close Paris office ‘in due course’
King & Spalding hits Baker McKenzie for Brussels trade duo
Firm restocks Brussels trade bench with partner Arnoud Willems and newly-minted partner Bregt Natens following exits last November