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Global corporate tax guide launches as governments step up enforcement
Latest Global Legal Post guide examines corporate tax and tax disputes across 26 jurisdictions
Clio hires former Michigan Supreme Court chief justice as GM of its judiciary business
Bridget Mary McCormack will lead Clio’s commercial strategy for its courts-focused unit
Canadian AI legal management platform Clio hires Casetext co-founder as SVP of judiciary
Legaltech pioneer Pablo Arredondo joins to lead company’s courts expansion
‘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
US legaltech firm Clio to acquire Canadian AI legal data start-up Jurisage
Firm seeks to establish legal AI foundation in Canada ahead of Clio Work launch in the country
Canada’s General Fusion hires Osler partner as first GC
Joanna Cameron joins Vancouver-based fusion energy innovator as it pushes ahead with plans to go public
Canadian legaltech firm Clio hits £500m annual recurring revenue milestone
Rapid growth fuelled by vLex acquisition and new product launches
King & Wood launches two offices in North America ahead of Mallesons split
Chinese firm announces new offices in Vancouver and Los Angeles targeting cross-border investment and trade work just before separation from Australia’s Mallesons at start of next month
Legora acquires Canadian agentic legal AI platform Walter AI
Legora says deal will help strengthen its position in the Canadian market
Canadian fintech DeFi Technologies appoints GC from subsidiary Valour
Philippe Lucet replaces Kenny Choi in the role
Magic Circle trio guide $4bn data centre acquisition
Slaughter and May and Linklaters advise CPP and Equinix in acquisition of Nordic data centre operater atNorth, as Clifford Chance counsels owner Partners Group
Fastcase and Alexi in legal dispute over licensing agreement
Clio-owned Fastcase alleges Alexi breached terms of licensing agreement to build rival legal data platform
‘Setting the tone at the highest level’: IBA honours human rights and pro bono award winners
Ceremony in Toronto recognised achievements by lawyers from Singapore and Egypt, while a Nigerian lawyer won the IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award
IBA Toronto 2025: Global institutions push back on Trump’s rule of law assault
Organisations such as NATO and the Council of Europe are stepping in as the Trump administration attempts to upend the norms of international justice, argue panellists at the International Bar Association's annual conference
IBA Toronto 2025: Trump presents ‘intolerable risk’ to US democracy
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward, who helped uncover the Watergate scandal, accuses President Trump of "shredding the rule of law" in far-ranging discussion at the IBA's annual conference in Toronto
AI takes over from talent attraction as legal profession’s top priority, research finds
New report to be published tomorrow at the International Bar Association’s annual conference also highlights growing challenges of political uncertainty and threats to judicial independence
Independent law firms assert global influence, new report finds
Independent firms are thriving by making the most of their agility and networks, according to report launched at IBA's annual conference in Toronto
IBA opens annual conference with fervent defence of the rule of law
More than 5,000 delegates attend conference, held this year in Toronto, as keynote address highlights gap between values the international community articulates and those it enforces
Latham, Wachtell lead on Anglo American-Teck $53bn mega merger
Freshfields and Linklaters’ ally Webber Wentzel also among raft of firms called in for mining deal of the decade
Sullivan & Cromwell, Jones Day among firms advising on $4.4bn Gildan-Hanes mega-merger
The deal creates one of the world’s largest basic apparel companies