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Sidley Austin adds 29 to partnership in latest promotions round
Latest cohort drops from 38 a year ago, though women make up roughly half of promotions again
Transatlantic boutique dishes out ‘Cravath scale’-topping associate bonuses
Pallas Partners is awarding a maximum possible payout of $232k to associates and counsel on both sides of the Atlantic
Christian Dior legal director joins Luxury Law Alliance board
Benedicte Bayi-Mathijsen joins brands including Burberry, Charlotte Tilbury, Louis Vuitton, Rosewood Hotels, Marc Jacobs, L’Oreal, Manolo Blahnik and PVH Corp
Trio of US biotech companies appoint legal chiefs amid venture funding recovery
Sudo Biosciences, PepGen and Tonix Pharmaceuticals all recruit experienced biotech specialists
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
Cravath, Latham, guide Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros
Cahill and Cleary also score roles advising in bid intended to beat out rival Netflix
Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway appoints first GC
Michael O’Sullivan joins from Snap as Buffett plans to step down as CEO this year
Linklaters advises on Unilever’s Magnum Ice Cream Company demerger
Spin off comes amid legal dispute between Magnum brand Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever
US tech giant Apple raids Meta for its next GC
Jennifer Newstead will take over from Kate Adams in March next year
Skadden, Wachtell, Debevoise in for Netflix’s $82bn Warner Bros deal
Skadden acts for Netflix in blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros’ TV, film studios and streaming division, with Wachtell and Debevoise across the table
How tariffs are reshaping holiday shopping trends for fashion, apparel and beauty brands
Foley & Lardner’s Arianna Benitez Colon discusses how tariffs are driving strategic shopping trends among luxury consumers, including earlier purchases and greater selectivity
Incyte secures Goodwin biotech and life sciences partner as GC
Richard Hoffman replaces Sheila Denton in the role
Paul Weiss adds Sidley finance partner trio in New York
Sidley’s leveraged finance co-head Nicholas Schwartz among those moving over
US firms eye $2.5tr fund finance opportunity amid spate of transatlantic hires
Ben Rigby discusses two key hires in the fund finance world by law firms in London and New York this week
Billionaire Steve Cohen’s New York Mets hires Kasowitz partner as next GC
Kenneth David replaces James Denniston as baseball team’s top lawyer
Brands, bands, trademarks and the First Amendment
Morrison Cohen lawyers Fred Perkins, Keith Markel and Nicole Rallis analyse free speech and infringement claims in luxury clothing company Chrome Hearts’ lawsuit against music legend Neil Young
Weil makes up 17 in latest partner promotions round
Round dominated by New York firm’s 600-lawyer corporate practice as 57 also made up to counsel
Raft of Big Law firms line up to match pacesetter Cravath’s associate bonuses
Milbank – a first-mover in recent years – among US firms dishing out up to $140,000
McDermott invests $10m in specialist legaltech fund
The LegalTech Fund has closed a $110m fund with backing from top 25 US firm as co-lead investor
Real estate investment firm Passco hires Williams Mullen partner as CLO
Thomas Voekler brings nearly 25 years of real estate law experience to the role