Europe/Ireland
Wachtell, Davis Polk lead $6.7bn merger of troubled drugmakers Mallinckrodt and Endo
Hogan Lovells, Paul Weiss and Ireland’s Arthur Cox and A&L Goodbody also act in tie-up of drugmakers with shared history of opioid crisis lawsuits
Eversheds Sutherland’s Ireland arm in talks to join William Fry
More than 120 lawyers could move to Irish heavyweight should deal go through
Debevoise, Nishimura called in for Nippon Life’s $8.2bn Resolution Life acquisition
Kirkland & Ellis and Herbert Smith Freehills also among nine law firm’s called in for the largest takeover by a Japanese insurer
Schillings launches in Dublin
First European branch for London defamation, privacy and reputation management specialist
Panodil-maker Perrigo hires Haleon interim GC as legal head
Charles Atkinson to replace Todd Kingma, who retires from Perrigo for a second time
Dentons UKIME revenue grows 6% to top £280m
Global giant points to growing cross-practice collaboration as turnover hits record high
William Fry appoints head of corporate as next managing partner
Leading Irish dealmaker Stephen Keogh will succeed Owen O’Sullivan in November
The challenges of protecting quiet luxury brands
Quiet luxury’s subtle design elements require a specialised IP protection approach, writes Stobbs trademark attorney Gretha Cachia.
Irish government confirms deferral of referendum on Unified Patent Court
Feedback suggests people are “unfamiliar” with the new patents court and that more time was needed for public discourse around benefits of the UPC
BMW wades into dispute between Irish patent monetiser and its litigation funder
German car maker says it is still owed costs from one of the parties in a series of patent infringement actions
Volkswagen is latest carmaker to join Avanci’s 5G licensing programme
Group that includes Audi and Seat joins more that 25 automotive brands that can now use the standard essential patents of more than 60 patent holders
Simmons & Simmons expands in Ireland with banking partner hire from DLA Piper
Kate Curneen will join the firm’s financial markets team in Dublin
Mason Hayes & Curran grows revenue 7% to €114m
Strong demand across all core industry sectors sees Dublin stalwart’s turnover top €100m for second consecutive year
ESG in 2024: getting to grips with the new paradigm
Due diligence, stock exchange requirements, carbon markets and nature will be on next year's ESG agenda, write HSF’s Silke Goldberg, Ernst Muller and Tihomir Svilanovic
Skadden, Linklaters tuck into EG Group’s sale of 218 restaurants to KFC
Deal sees KFC buy all of Skadden-repped EG’s UK and Ireland KFC businesses
Pinsent Masons expands Dublin IP practice with new lead
Data specialist Maureen Daly joins from Beauchamps as Pinsents moves to build Europe tech and science sector offering
Raft of top-tier firms advise on Smurfit Kappa’s $11bn acquisition of WestRock
Advisers include Matheson, Freshfields, Wachtell, Clifford Chance, Cravath and Paul Weiss
US firm Clark Hill combines with Dublin’s HBMO Solicitors to bolster Irish presence
Deal adds 10 lawyers to Clark Hill’s Dublin office, its third local tie-up since 2019
Fieldfisher adds Meta lawyer to lead Dublin data protection team
Ciara Burke has remit to grow data protection and privacy practice amid uptick in regulation
Reed Smith and Arthur Cox called in for Bonnier News’ strategic investment in Ireland’s Business Post Group
Deal sees Europe’s largest business newspaper publisher enter Irish market
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