North America/US
Freshfields debt finance partner defects to Kirkland in US
HT Flanagan to work out of Dallas and New York at Kirkland, which boasts world’s largest debt finance practice
Kirkland, Freshfields, Bredin Prat called in for €16bn sale of Sanofi’s consumer health arm
Sale to US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice comes as investors anticipate more and larger European PE buyouts
Mastercard CLO departs for Coherent as payments giant names new GC
Rob Beard leaves card giant after just under 15 months, with Americas GC Tiffany Hall promoted to GC
Kirkland marks first structured finance hire in London
Chicago giant replenishes London ranks following raids by Paul Weiss; also hires structured credit partner from Milbank in New York
US network TV business Tegna makes second CLO hire in less than a year
Alex Tolston comes in to replace Lauren Fisher, who exited the company in September
Biotech start-up Trilobio wins injunctions against former CFO in trade secret theft dispute
Californian court finds ‘strong likelihood’ that ex-employee took trade secret information to benefit his own company
Paul Hastings adds four partner employment group in New York from Baker McKenzie
Team boosts Paul Hastings’ complex workplace litigation offering
Accessible luxury under fire: the FTC challenges fashion mega-merger
The FTC says Tapestry’s proposed acquisition of Capri could reduce competition in the accessible luxury handbag market, write Michelman & Robinson lawyers Prachi Ajmera and Alaina Cohen
White & Case promotes 37 to partner as intake dips
The number of new women partners also fell, accounting for 22% of the total compared to 36% last year
Houston-based Brock Group hires GC from Booster
Shenna Bradshaw brings 15-years of in-house experience across the industrials sector
GSK sues Moderna over Covid and RSV vaccines
Latest lawsuits in mounting patent litigation over vaccines against the two viruses
Paul Hastings further expands Washington office with litigation hire from Kirkland
Ronald Anguas follows in footsteps of litigation partner Benjamin Synder, who joined firm in Washington last week
Cleary introduces non-equity partner tier
Follows similar move by rivals Cravath, Paul Weiss and WilmerHale
McGuireWoods bolsters energy coverage with partner hire from Balch & Bingham
David Martin Connelly returns to McGuireWoods in Washington after seven year hiatus
The Authors Guild launches partnership to ensure authors in ‘driver’s seat’ in AI licensing
Collaboration with online platform Created by Humans aims to protect and monetise authors’ work in age of AI
Paul Hastings continues litigation hiring spree with addition of senior DoJ lawyer
Former assistant to the solicitor general Benjamin Sydner joins as a partner in Washington DC
Linklaters, Davis Polk lead on Rio Tinto’s $6.7bn Arcadium acquisition
Former Shearman & Sterling co-managing partner George Casey leads Linklaters team advising Rio Tinto
Linklaters recruits veteran Paul Hastings partner in Washington DC
Jospeh Profaizer to co-lead Linklaters’ international arbitration practice
Top law firms line up to advise on Richemont’s sale of Yoox Net-a-Porter to Mytheresa
Slaughters, Cravath, Bakers and Latham among firms acting on long-awaited offloading of online luxury retailer
Kirkland recruits FTC veteran in Washington DC
Stephen Mohr joins Chicago giant’s antitrust practice as a partner
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