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DWF and DLA Piper UK called in for SMG Capital’s $50m acquisition of Fabergé
Tech entrepreneur Sergei Mosunov’s SMG Capital plans to increase Fabergé’s international presence and invest in its African mining operations
Quadrant Chambers boosts ranks with former 4 Pump Court commercial disputes barrister
Senior junior Andrew Stevens adds experience in energy, construction and shipping disputes
Geradin Partners makes double partner hire in Brussels and adds former Tory MP in London
Firm also officially opens new offices in Berlin and Cologne as part of German expansion
Sullivan & Cromwell adds Kirkland’s Asimacopoulos and ex-Weil office head Francies in London
Restructuring specialist Kon Asimacopoulos will co-head London office; corporate heavyweight Francies is lured out of retirement
Ex-Withers group launches London office for German tech law firm
Group led by Withers Tech creator James Shaw to open YPOG’s first international office
Financial Times owners sue search engine Perplexity for copyright infringement
FT accuses the AI company of ‘undermining journalism’, suit adds to the mounting legal pressure on AI firms over use of protected works to train models
London partner welcomes progress of campaign in son’s memory to end university zero-tolerance drug policies
Arnold & Porter partner Hilton Mervis launched SafeCourse in memory of his son Daniel, who died after becoming addicted while at Oxford University
Kennedys ‘deeply sorry’ after Church of England abuse redress scheme data leak
Firm accidentally disclosed email addresses of potential scheme participants
Singapore’s Duxton Hill Chambers launches in London
Move marks the first time a Singapore group practice has established a presence at the Bar of England and Wales
Sullivan & Worcester hires trade finance specialist from HFW in London
Matthew Cox joins US firm’s London office as a partner
SkyKick’s impact: English courts begin trimming broad trademark specifications
Recent Wise trademark dispute suggests end of an era for broad specifications going unchallenged, write Katten Muchin Rosenman lawyers Nathan Smith and Anita Hodea
UK’s ‘father of competition law’ Sir Jeremy Lever has died, aged 93
Top British jurist, barrister and Monckton Chambers stalwart helped shape modern competition law
Paul Weiss, A&O and Stibbe advise on Keurig Dr Pepper’s €16bn purchase of coffee giant JDE Peet’s
Paul Weiss and Dutch firm Stibbe are advising Keurig Dr Pepper, while A&O is counselling JDE Peet’s
Motor finance: luxury cars, secret commissions and a UK Supreme Court ruling
Freeth’s partner Richard Coates breaks down the ruling and its implications for luxury car dealers and owners
Private equity firm August invests in Midlands-based law firm Higgs
Deal marks latest private equity transaction in the UK legal sector