Europe/France
Dechert’s Paris international arbitration team to spin out as local boutique
Departure of 13-strong team is being put down to a strategy shift by Dechert
European invasion – firms flood into the EU’s legal markets
US and UK firms have been seeking to expand their European footprints post-Brexit, writes Buchanan Law’s James Lavan
White & Case announces 42-lawyer partner promotion class
Cohort edges down from 46 last year with proportion of women slipping from 52% to 36%
IBA 2023: ‘It is very noble to defend victims but the noblest accomplishment of our profession is to defend the accused’
IBA panel discusses challenges facing legal profession including acting for difficult clients in an increasingly binary era
IBA 2023: ‘Men shouldn’t be the reference point for what success looks like’
A panel of female law firm leaders discussed what makes good leadership and how to sustain progress made on diversity and inclusion at the IBA annual conference in Paris
IBA 2023: IBA and World Bank to forge closer ties to boost development goals
World Bank GC highlights the role lawyers can play in supporting governments and institutions with practical help, writes John Malpas
IBA 2023: ‘One of the best balms to the voices of hate is justice’
ICC prosecutor Karim AA Khan speaks out in an interview at the IBA annual conference
IBA 2023: The AI future is here – how can firms best prepare for its implementation?
Renowned AI evangelist Zack Kass warns at the IBA annual conference in Paris that law firms not adopting AI risk getting left behind
IBA 2023: Ukraine’s Prosecutor General sets out case for special war crimes tribunal
“If Ukraine loses its war, the world order as we know it would be destroyed,” warned Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, Andriy Kostin, yesterday at the IBA annual conference in Paris
IBA launches forum for government and public lawyers at annual conference
New hub will help connect public sector lawyers from around the word, writes Ben Rigby
Michel Barnier calls for two-state solution for Israel and Palestine in IBA conference speech
Prominent French politician called for EU, US and Middle East leaders to work together at IBA annual conference’s opening ceremony in Paris on Sunday
Lech Walesa joins line up of keynote speakers at IBA’s Paris annual conference
Headline speakers also include former OpenAI director Zack Kass and Meta oversight board co-chair Helle Thorning Schmidt
Proskauer raids Shearman for 19-strong corporate team in Paris
Team includes Shearman’s former Paris office head Xavier Norlain and three other partners
Global Legal Post to publish daily newspaper at IBA’s annual conference in Paris
IBA Daily News will keep more than 5,000 delegates abreast of 200-plus sessions
Digital piracy increases by 3.3% in 2022, says EUIPO report
For the first time in years, piracy levels rose in 2022, largely driven by TV shows, series, films and manga publications
‘Local footprint’ is key to success tackling anti-counterfeiting in Africa
Forward Global’s head of illicit trade risk management on the unique challenges of combatting counterfeiters on the African continent
Unitary patent dashboard shows ‘encouraging demand’
Nine weeks in and figures reveal the UP is proving popular with roughly 700 requests a week
Gibson Dunn hires nine-lawyer projects and infrastructure team from Linklaters in Paris
Energy hiring spree continues at US firm with group led by partner Darko Adamovic
Around the house: Daimler Truck replaces outgoing CLO, Ex-Latham partner to head Teleperformance legal team
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at BlueLinx, Nacha, MSA Safety and T5 Data Centers
Clifford Chance, Sullivan & Cromwell on call for Kering’s acquisition of luxury perfume maker Creed
Paris luxury group signals ambition for new beauty division with all-cash deal
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