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UK law firm Shoosmiths unveils proprietary gen AI contract review tool Project Apollo
Microsoft-supported tool to be rolled out across firm after year-long pilot programme
Shoosmiths tops £1m PEP for second consecutive year as turnover inches up
UK firm cites investment in technology and high-value work across corporate, litigation and real estate as turnover exceeds £221m
Ashurst, Perkins Coie complete $2.8bn transatlantic merger
Ashurst Perkins Coie launches with more than 950 partners across 52 global offices
‘Don’t be afraid to entertain’: what makes law firm video stand out
Byfield’s Alex Novarese and communications consultant William Brewster on how law firms can make the best use of video
We want the team to find more creative uses of AI: Practice Plus GC Lee Gage
Former fashion GC turned healthcare legal chief Lee Gage discusses his role at Practice Plus Group and the impact of AI on legal teams
A video strategy for the modern law firm
To thrive in the 'age of distinctiveness', law firms must create an interlaced video ecosystem, writes Tin Pan's Ed Blum
Kennedys hits Clyde & Co in London for aviation partner
Rob Ireland returns after a decade at Clydes, bringing more than 25 years’ experience handling complex aviation liability and contentious matters
Pogust Goodhead teams up with Quinn Emanuel for next phase of Mariana Dam litigation
Firms are acting for claimants against BHP in one of the largest group actions in English legal history
Which? advances multibillion-pound class action against Apple
CAT grants collective proceedings order amid claims that US tech giant abused its dominant position in relation to its iCloud storage product
Baker McKenzie completes 2026 partner promotions with 30-strong international round
Summer tally follows 17 Americas promotions in January with the overall number the smallest for the firm in the past decade
‘If you take a crap process and put AI on top of it, it will still be crap’: LegalTechTalk speakers reflect on the Gen AI boom
Nick Huber detects a mood of excitement and anxiety at last week’s LegalTechTalk conference in London
‘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
Latham continues London tech transactions push with Travers partner hire
Hire of Richard Offord follows trio of tech-focused M&A partners joining from Morrison Foerster in May
The hallucination epidemic: why AI risk and reputation now arrive together for law firms
Senior lawyers must take responsibility for AI verification to reduce regulatory risk, write Byfield co-managing director Michael Evans and Kingsley Napley partner Julie Norris
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
Kennedys hires GC from Trowers & Hamlins as chief risk officer retires
Claire Larbey arrives after almost eight years as GC at Trowers & Hamlins
Travers Smith makes up three in reduced partner promotions round
Top UK independent’s smallest round since 2014 sees transactions lawyers made up across finance and funds practices
‘You feel you just have to get on with it’: two-thirds of women lawyers have considered quitting over wellbeing concerns
Survey of more than 500 women lawyers in England and Wales uncovers widespread burnout, stress and exhaustion
Steptoe & Johnson adds LIDW26 co-chair to London disputes team from Clyde & Co
Professor Loukas Mistelis joins as an arbitration partner, marking another high-profile exit from Clyde & Co
Former Lord Mayor of London and ex-Lord Chancellor among lawyers recognised in King’s Birthday Honours
Alastair King and David Gauke both received knighthoods, while ex-Treasury Solicitor Susannah McGibbon KC (Hon) received a damehood