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Gillard and Goldsmith join speaker line-up for London International Disputes Week
Former Australian prime minister and UK secretary general will discuss state-related dispute resolution at June event
UPC issues preliminary injunction in DNA kits patent spat
Düsseldorf local division orders US life sciences company Curio Bioscience to stop selling its products in Germany, France and Sweden in dispute with rival 10x Genomics
Herbert Smith Freehills launches global digital legal delivery practice
Four hundred-strong practice brings together alternative legal services and tech teams
‘A platform like no other’ – A&O Shearman goes live
Transatlantic merger creates global giant with nearly 4,000 lawyers and $3.5bn revenue
GSK sues Pfizer and BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine technology
UK pharmaceutical firm enters the fray in the battle over mRNA technology used to develop blockbuster vaccines
Kennedys promotes more women than men to partnership for third year
Number of promotions dips to 17 from 20 last year as partnership grows to 349
Quinn Emanuel and Clifford Chance advise as IBM’s high-stakes court battle with Swiss software company begins
Nine week trial in London’s Technology and Construction Court could impact EU’s Software Directive
Clifford Chance elects 29 new partners in latest promotions round
Eleven women included in round that sees firm exceed ethnicity targets for third year running
Best practices for AI change management in legal technology
Integrating AI into everyday working life for lawyers means firms and in-house teams need to adopt a comprehensive change management programme, writes Litera’s Adam Ryan
Kirkland, Latham shepherd Thoma Bravo’s £4.3bn Darktrace acquisition
Kirkland acts for marquee client Thoma Bravo as Latham counsels UK-listed cyber security company
HFW hits Eversheds Sutherland for international arbitration team in Paris
Partners Julien Fouret and Gaëlle Le Quillec join alongside a senior associate
Litigation funding bill to enter committee stage amid ECHR concerns
Retrospective nature of legislation to ensure enforceability of litigation funding agreements faces detailed scrutiny
DLA Piper unveils 63-strong partner promotion round
Trimmed down cohort brings firm closer to goal of 30% female partnership by 2025
Former Clifford Chance arbitration head departs for Twenty Essex
Audley Sheppard KC is latest leading practioner to become an independent arbitrator
Goodwin swoops on Travers for London private equity partner duo
Ian Keefe and George Weevil latest partners to switch firms as lateral hiring spree across City continues