North America/US
AI-powered digital ‘double’ platform start-up Twin1 raises $20m in seed funding round
Financing from group of venture capital investors and Orrick will help expand company’s US and UK teams
Vantage Group hires ex-AIG legal head as GC
Financial services veteran Lucy Fato takes over from previous legal chief Bobbi Anderson
Orrick, Cleary, Fenwick & West guide Stripe’s multibillion-dollar OpenRouter buy
Orrick and Cleary advise OpenRouter as Fenwick acts for Stripe in deal reportedly worth around $8bn that deepens payments company’s push into AI
Moore & Van Allen to debut in DC with hires from Seyfarth, Haynes & Boone
Elite Southeast firm targets government contracts work as it opens fifth office
Quartet of firms steer Madison Air’s $5.6bn acquisition of German fan-maker ebm-papst
Paul Hastings, Kirkland & Ellis and Hengeler Mueller guide Madison Air as Milbank advises ebm-papst’s owner families
Elevate acquires US legal work-management platform start-up Lupl
Target was backed by CMS, Cooley and Rajah & Tann Asia
US church management software provider Ministry Brands hires GC from Reach
Chris Wassenaar replaces Renee McDonough, who joined One Identity in May
Legaltech giant Harvey launches next-generation AI platform
Harvey II brings together features including personalisation tool Memory
US energy business Centuri Holdings hires former Berry president as legal chief
Danielle Hunter replaces Jason Wilcock as chief legal and administrative officer
Barnes & Thornburg adds dozen-strong healthcare team from K&L Gates in Raleigh
Group is led by partners Kelsey Jernigan and John Lawrence
Squire Patton Boggs boosts insolvency practice with New York partner hire
Oksana Lashko joins from Morrison Foerster amid wider investment in global restructuring team
Legora announces integration agreement with content management intelligence platform Box
Collaboration will allow mutual clients to use Legora’s agentic system on documents stored in Box
Kimberly-Clark promotes deputy GC to legal head role amid Kenvue acquisition
Suzana Blades replaces GC Grant McGee, who left to join Target in June
Paul Hastings, Goodwin, Sidley and Skadden among firms advising on Thoma Bravo’s $4bn Accelerant take private
Firms including Maples Group, Walkers, Conyers Dill & Pearman and Ropes & Gray also on deal
DeepJudge unveils AI continuity protocol backed by Harvey and Thomson Reuters
Swiss knowledge management startup’s Agent Handoff Protocol aims to preserve context as users move work between different AI systems
BCLP adds London partner trio including global digital head
Hires from Crowell, Squire Patton Boggs and Baker Botts strengthen technology, employment and corporate practices
Aperture to expand investment capacity of litigation funding platform to $1bn
Asset manager says its Litigation Finance Private Credit platform now has more than $600m in assets
US firm Akerman appoints director of AI governance from software company Highspot
Michael Adler joins Akerman’s AI strategy platform and its corporate practice group as a partner in Washington
Pizza giant Papa Johns reappoints legal chief amid leadership reshuffle
Caroline Miller Oyler resumes legal duties as GC John Matter moves to chief development officer role
Holland & Hart recruits three-partner patent team from Ashurst Perkins Coie
National US firm points to building destination IP practice as a strategic priority as trio joins in Denver