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Where premiums will be paid: fashion and beauty M&A trends
Foley fashion and beauty lawyers Trevor Mullin, Jax England and Sarah McGrath review 2025’s key M&A deals and preview the trends for the year ahead
Businesses consistently overlook culture when assessing M&A value – study
Persistent focus on financial metrics may mask cultural integration issues that cause deals to fail, RGP research shows
Renewable energy company BlueWave hires former US Department of Energy lawyer as GC
Becky Limmer replaces chief legal officer Deborah Collum, who retired in March
ALSP Proceed to benefit from Align Capital Partners’ $405m fund close
Single asset continuation fund will help finance Proceed’s next phase of growth
Hogan Lovells, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Wachtell advise on McCormick’s $44.8bn purchase of Unilever’s food business
Deal follows Unilever’s spin out of its ice cream business last year as it refocuses on its home and personal care brands
Bridger Aerospace lines up GC from Bristow as legal head set to depart
Bristow division GC Justin Mogford will replace chief legal officer James Muchmore in April
The Global Legal Post launches comparative guide to fashion law
Cross-jurisdictional Law Over Borders guide is edited by Trevisan & Cuonzo partner Julia Holden, who is based in Milan
Cooley-backed contract review start-up Crosby raises $60m in fresh funding
New York-based Crosby deploys AI and lawyers working in tandem to review contracts
US multi-state employment rules prompt hiring pause on compliance concerns – study
Half of US businesses rebuff job candidates due to state compliance risk, according to FoxHire survey
US credit union First Tech hires Federal Reserve Bank of Boston GC as first CLO
Former Holland & Knight partner Steven Wright will lead First Tech’s legal, government affairs and compliance teams
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
Paul Weiss, Jones Day, Wachtell, Macfarlanes advise on Sysco’s $29bn purchase of Restaurant Depot
Deal expands US food distributor’s footprint into restaurant cash and carry business
Court reporting and litigation services firm Steno raises $49m in funding round
Series C round is backed by investors including Savano Capital Partners, First Round Capital and The Legal Tech Fund
Time-recording start-up PointOne secures $16m in funding round
Series A round led by 8VC brings the firm’s overall investment to $20m
Cultural mismatch drives more than one-in-three GC departures in 2025 – study
Russell Reynolds Associates’ analysis shows 35% of externally hired Fortune 500 GCs left role within three years due to cultural misalignment
US civil rights group the NAACP hires former DOJ lawyer as legal head
Kristen Clarke replaces Janette McCarthy Wallace, who becomes a special counsel
Simpson Thacher raids Kirkland again to build out capital structure solutions practice
Brian Schartz and John Luze take the number of partners joining the practice from Kirkland to five
Skadden and Paul Weiss advise on $22bn US insurance deal
Skadden acts for Corebridge as Paul Weiss counsels Equitable in all-stock deal to create company with $1.5trn in AUM
Corporate AI adoption is moving faster than compliance can keep up – study
Nearly seven in 10 organisations’ governance controls are failing to keep pace with AI adoption, according to Thoropass survey
Harvey secures bumper $200m funding round to hit $11bn valuation
Legal AI platform attracts fresh backing from investors including Sequoia, GIC and Andreessen Horowitz