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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
Kirkland, Gibson Dunn, Baker Botts guide building materials giant CRH’s $8.5bn Arcosa buy
Kirkland counsels Ireland’s CRH with Gibson Dunn and Baker Botts across the table in deal that will expand its exposure to US infrastructure demand
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
IBA, CCBE, Law Society repeat calls for states to stand up for the rule of law and justice
European Young Bar Association conference in Turin hears IBA and CCBE presidents urging greater protections for lawyers
Freshfields continues Germany PE rebuild with senior Hengeler Mueller hire
Partner Daniel Möritz joins in Munich, continuing Freshfields’ hires and internal promotions in Germany after four senior PE partners defected to Latham & Watkins late last year
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
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
Freshfields adds private equity partner in Madrid from Pérez-Llorca
Pablo González Mosqueira will lead Madrid private equity team following predecessor’s departure for Gibson Dunn
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