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Soft skills shine in a fractured, AI-driven legal world, GCs say at IBA’s 23rd annual global M&A conference
Corporate legal leaders from Sony, Coursera, Hitachi, ITOCHU and Standard Industries say listening skills and judgement will drive success as legal departments confront geopolitical volatility, AI disruption and changing expectations
Newly-formed Winston Taylor names first Paris head, hires Gibson Dunn PE partner
Grine Lahreche to lead new transatlantic firm’s 19-partner Paris arm as Patrick Ledoux joins from Gibson Dunn
Legora expands European presence with Madrid, Milan and Paris office openings
London engineering hub also to be established as firm races to meet growing European demand
Innsworth loses judicial review challenge to Mastercard settlement
Walter Merricks hails ‘total victory’ as High Court dismisses funder’s challenge to distribution of £200m settlement
McDermott continues London litigation growth with Brown Rudnick partner hire
Jessica Lee brings crypto and blockchain expertise to firm’s London disputes bench
Trio of firms guide GSK’s $10.6bn US cancer drug maker buy
Davis Polk and Slaughter and May advise GSK as Ropes & Gray counsels target Nuvalent
AI patent platform start-up DeepIP acquires German AI assistant PatentMaker
DeepIP is seeking to accelerate how AI shapes patent workflows across Europe
Kennedys tops £450m revenue as North America and APAC fuel growth
Insurance heavyweight ups revenue 9.1% as it eyes becoming a billion-dollar law firm by 2030
Rising tax compliance and complexity impacting global businesses – study
Deloitte survey shows more than eight in 10 businesses expect a greater public tax disclosure burden within the next three years
Ex-Briefed recruiter launches specialist legal recruitment agency focused on Bar, law firms
Legal sector recruitment consultant Elliott Rogers to launch EJR Recruitment this week
Linklaters, Hogan Lovells lead Ingredion’s £2.7bn Tate & Lyle buy
Linklaters acts for Tate & Lyle as Hogan Lovells counsels US-based Ingredion in deal that represents another loss for London stock market
DAC Beachcroft boosts London commercial disputes practice with Signature partner hire
Paul Brehony joins as UK firm ramps up international work with office launches and alliances across the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the Americas
High Court unveils new Business and Property Division as Chancery Division overhauled
Judge-led reform to unify group of specialist civil courts handling complex and often international litigation
Mass claims divide opinion as lawyers defend rule of law at London International Disputes Week
LIDW26’s main conference saw business and consumer representatives clash over UK class actions, while senior lawyers and policymakers called for a stronger defence of the rules-based international order
US managed legal services firm Harbor acquires UK-based HR consultants CE Global Partners
Deal will expand the firm’s human capital management advisory practice