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Disputes firm Hausfeld promotes five to partner in 2026 promotions round
Latest intake matches last year’s round, though the number of female promotions falls by half to two
Trio of senior disputes partners depart firms to practise as independent arbitrators
A&O Shearman, White & Case and Orrick have all parted company with seasoned practitioners
Paul Hastings adds life sciences regulatory partner duo from Hogan Lovells in Washington DC
Twin partner hire includes Hogan Lovells’ global life sciences co-head Lynn Mehler; move comes ahead of Hogan’s merger with Cadwalader
‘So many common threads’ - the architects of the $1.75bn Winston Taylor merger on the rationale for their deal
Winston & Strawn’s Stephen D’Amore and Taylor Wessing UK’s Shane Gleghorn explain why they have pinned their firms’ destinies together
White & Case to roll out Legora’s legal AI software across office network
Two parties will also collaborate on new products as part of US firm’s ‘strategic approach to AI and innovation’
Luminance makes senior product and marketing hires to boost US expansion
UK legaltech start-up says the US now accounts for 44% of its global revenue
Legaltech suppliers Harvey and Aderant agree marketing partnership
Integration of legal AI and billing software products will bridge gap between practice and business of law, suppliers say
Baker Botts, DLA Piper advise on Trump Media’s $6bn nuclear fusion deal
DLA Piper advises firm behind Truth Social platform in merger with Baker Botts-repped TAE Technologies
Crypto business MoonPay hires acting CFTC chair as legal chief
Caroline Pham’s appointment comes amid wave of in-house digital assets business hires this month
Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader unveil $3.6bn merger deal
'Largest law firm combination in history' ends speculation about future direction of New York-based Cadwalader
Gibson Dunn promotes 42 to partner including 11 in London in record round
Global chair Barbara Becker is set to travel to London for an extended stay early next year
US food supply chain innovator GrubMarket hires O’Melveny partner as CLO
Jorge deNeve becomes the company’s first chief legal officer
AI, tariffs and IP issues top of mind for luxury brand executives
Roundtable held to coincide with Luxury Law Summit New York highlights the trends impacting the luxury market
US utility business NW Natural promotes deputy to GC role
Former Baker Botts partner Megan Berge will replace long-time legal head MardiLyn Saathoff
Jones Day elevates 33 to partner in latest promotions class
London ties with New York and LA for most promotions with four new partners each
Winston & Strawn, Taylor Wessing UK announce transatlantic merger
Tie-up to create firm with 1,400 lawyers and revenue in the region of $1.6bn
Simpson Thacher appoints 59 to partnership in record promotions round
New York accounts for more than two-thirds of promotions, with women making up 47% of the class
Asset tokenisation business Securitize hires PayPal lawyer as GC
Jerome Roche was previously legal head for digital assets at the payments giant
Winston & Strawn in merger talks with Taylor Wessing UK
Possible tie-up could see Taylor Wessing’s UK arm leave firm’s European Verein to create firm with revenue of $1.6bn
Ropes & Gray appoints ex-Meta exec as head of AI strategy
Gretchen Greene appointed chief of artificial intelligence strategy to accelerate the firm’s use of the technology