Europe/Sweden
Former Rouse managing director co-launches AI-powered trademark protection platform Patentir
Patentir’s AI tech is designed to help businesses with trademark guidance, prosecution and management
Raft of firms guide Qiagen’s $10.8bn take-private acquisition by Sweden’s EQT
De Brauw, Linklaters and Davis Polk guide Dutch molecular testing firm as Milbank takes the lead for Sweden’s EQT and Clifford Chance and Freshfields counsel co-investors
Legora raises $550m at $8.8bn valuation in latest funding round
Swedish legal AI startup’s valuation rockets by more than $3bn in just seven months as it says US is now its largest market by revenue
Legora and US contract management firm Sirion agree to enter strategic partnership
Collaboration designed to close the gap between legal research and contract management for in-house teams
Legora and US legaltech firm Intapp agree strategic partnership
Collaboration to drive foundation for joint agentic innovation for law firms
Legora announces integration agreement with content management intelligence platform Box
Collaboration will allow mutual clients to use Legora’s agentic system on documents stored in Box
‘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
Freshfields, Slaughters score lead roles on EQT’s £11bn Intertek takeover
Simpson Thacher, Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Sweden’s Vinge also guide deal that sees another London-listed firm bought out by foreign bidders
AI-native IP firm Lightbringer raises $10m in Series A funding round
Swedish IP start-up will use financing, led by 6 Degrees Capital and Newion, for US expansion
Legora acquires commercial real estate AI platform Cadastral
Deal is part of legaltech firm’s plan to expand in legally intensive industries
Legora extends Series D funding round by $50m, valuing business at $5.6bn
New investors led by NVIDIA and Atlassian raise funding round to $600m
Legora acquires Swedish AI legal research start-up Qura
Legora to absorb Qura’s specialised search engine as it looks to expand in key markets including US
Swedish home appliance giant Electrolux taps SAS for next general counsel
Anna Almén will replace Ulrika Elfving, who is taking up the GC role at Electrolux-owner Investor AB
Hollywood star Jude Law hired by Legora to front its new global brand campaign
‘Law just got more attractive’ initiative to be rolled out across the UK, US and the Nordics
Ropes & Gray, Kirkland & Ellis lead EQT’s $3.7bn buyout of Coller Capital
Deal understood to be the largest-ever acquisition of a secondaries fund manager
PE-backed AGRD Partners expands Swedish footprint, sets sights on UK
Law firm accumulator adds Wigge and Bokwall Rislund to its Swedish roster
Latham, Linklaters advise on Verisure’s €13.7bn record-breaking IPO
Latham says deal is the largest European private-equity backed listing on record
Davis Polk, Latham in for Klarna’s $1.4bn IPO as US listings rebound
Davis Polk guides Swedish fintech company’s much-anticipated listing on NYSE as Latham counsels underwriters
Latham, Jones Day called in for Cadence’s €2.7bn Hexagon unit buy
Latham acts for Cadence in acquisition of design and engineering business as Jones Day guides seller
Music streaming giant Spotify names interim GC as permanent legal head
Kevan Choset had been standing in as GC after Eve Konstan stepped down in January