North America/Canada

‘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

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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

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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

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Canadian legaltech firm Clio hits £500m annual recurring revenue milestone

Rapid growth fuelled by vLex acquisition and new product launches

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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

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Legora acquires Canadian agentic legal AI platform Walter AI

Legora says deal will help strengthen its position in the Canadian market

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Canadian fintech DeFi Technologies appoints GC from subsidiary Valour

Philippe Lucet replaces Kenny Choi in the role

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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

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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

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‘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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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