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What ‘optimising’ your annual software costs really means
Firms which have bought perpetual licences for their software may find they need to switch to subscription fees when moving IT systems to the cloud, write 3Kite’s Paul Longhurst and Kemp IT Law’s Richard Kemp
HSF hires Sidley partner in London as head of international private equity
Private capital push also sees Anglo-Australian firm appoint new partner from DLA Piper to co-head UK venture capital practice
Former WilmerHale Brussels partner rejoins Henderson Chambers
EU competition law specialist John Ratliff returns to the Bar after 24 years with US firm
Weil steers Microsoft through final stage of $69bn Activision Blizzard merger clearance
Global antitrust counsel advised on 17 review processes worldwide to secure largest-ever gaming industry deal
Linklaters secures Addleshaws’ competition head in London
Bruce Kilpatrick to rejoin Magic Circle firm’s leading antitrust practice after 16 years at AG
Partners vote through merger to create A&O Shearman
Deal will create transatlantic law firm with revenue of around $3.5bn
Trowers & Hamlins, Mishcon de Reya latest UK firms to cut jobs
Trowers to shed around 25 lawyers, including six partners, as Mishcon axes software solutions team
BCLP finalises leadership changes
New global department leaders and chief marketing officer named amid wider leadership shuffle
‘A big moment’ – car shipping cartel claim delivers first opt-out class action settlement
All eyes on Competition Appeals Tribunal as it prepares to consider £1.5m deal with one of five shipping line defendants
Linklaters, Herbert Smith Freehills called in for Metro Bank rescue
Deal sees HSF client Spaldy Investments become embattled high street bank’s majority shareholder
Stephenson Harwood hires Walker Morris’s head of competition
London firm cites rise of UK competition disputes as it adds additional firepower to team
Fountain Court elects new head of chambers
Richard Handyside KC succeeds Bankim Thanki KC at top London set
Around the house: AIG hires former Stripe CLO, Guardian newspaper’s US arm gets first GC
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Africa Oil, Stax Payments, BioMed Realty and Transport for London
Freshfields secures Travers Smith’s head of environment in ESG drive
Arrival of Doug Bryden in London follows 2022 hire of academic as head of client sustainability and environment
UK companies lack managers who are trained to handle whistleblowing, survey finds
Freshfields says companies need to review whistleblowing training and policies in a world of hybrid work
Spencer West adds 19-strong team from shuttered Axiom Ince in private wealth push
Fee-sharing firm also acquires London boutique Hieron and adds team from Selig + Partners
Speakers from Liverpool FC, Amazon, Mattel, Philip Morris to feature at Anti-Counterfeiting World Law Summit
Join brand protection managers, law enforcement and technology innovators on 18 October to share best practice in the fight against counterfeits
Sullivan & Cromwell hangs on to number one spot in global M&A legal advisor rankings
US firm topped ranking by deal value, narrowly ahead of Kirkland & Ellis and Davis Polk & Wardwell, according to Refinitiv
TikTok’s Oliver Walsh joins Rouse’s IP enforcement team
Rouse beefs up its intellectual property enforcement team with two new appointments in response to client need amid the changing anti-counterfeiting landscape
Considerations for a laptop deployment project revisited
As hybrid working becomes more entrenched, laptops are being preferred to traditional desktop PCs, writes 3Kites’ Jon Howells