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Latham & Watkins hires top M&A partner from Wachtell in New York

Zach Podolsky’s departure from Wachtell marks a rare lateral move away from elite US firm

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Vinson & Elkins makes trio of US partner hires from Kirkland & Ellis and Baker Botts

New recruits include funds partners Samuel Francis and Reed Schuster and finance lawyer Caitlin Lawrence

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AI platform Genesys to promote GC to CLO role as veteran legal chief steps down

Allen Chiu will replace Jim René, who has been CLO since Genesys was sold by Alcatel-Lucent in 2012

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LexisNexis and AI platform Harvey strike legaltech partnership deal

Strategic alliance will allow Harvey users to tap into LexisNexis’s AI-assisted legal content

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Group of four former US federal enforcers set up antitrust plaintiff boutique

Simonsen Sussman co-founded by three ex-FTC lawyers and DOJ attorney

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US Appeals court upends $300m jury verdict against Apple for SEP infringement

Court found that the format of the verdict form was flawed

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Akin makes second double partner hire in Chicago from Mayer Brown

Arrival of Joshua La Vigne and Jessica Pan follows hire of Wendy Dobson Gallegos and Jason Wagenmaker last month

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Robot chef-maker Circus Group hires GC from German defence tech company Helsing

Former Microsoft lawyer Sasha Borovik joins ahead of defence industry expansion

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‘AI will never replace connoisseurship in the art world’: Withers’ Mari-Claudia Jiménez

Withers new art advisory head discusses AI innovations in art, her long career at Sotheby’s, high-profile transactions and her personal art collection

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Travers Smith, Simpson Thacher guide £1.7bn NHS landlord take-private

Travers guides Assura on acquisition by Simpson Thacher-repped KKR and Stonepeak

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Former Sotheby’s chair joins Withers to head art advisory practice in New York

Mari-Claudia Jiménez will also co-lead the firm’s global art practice with London-based partner Sarah Barker

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Former US attorney leaves Paul Weiss for Jenner & Block in wake of Trump deal

Damian Williams latest to leave New York firm after White House deal to avoid executive action

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Starbucks on hunt for new legal chief as CLO set to depart ‘in the coming months’

Brad Lerman set to leave the company after just over two years, according to a regulatory filing

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The Global Legal Post launches Law Over Borders Arbitration guide

Edited by Volterra Fietta partners Ahmed Abdel Hakam, Gunjan Sharma and Robert G. Volterra, guide offers cross-jurisdictional insight into arbitration law and practice

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Cravath, Winston & Strawn guide Chart’s $19bn Flowserve merger

Winston guides Chart and Cravath acts for Flowserve in deal to create gas and liquid technologies leader

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Linklaters appoints former Shearman co-head as first Americas chair

Rainmaker George Casey to oversee US strategy in new role having joined the firm from Shearman last year

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Crowell merges with life sciences boutique, opens Boston office

Tie-up with 24-lawyer Faber Daeufer & Itrato boosts Crowell’s emerging companies and life sciences capabilities

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HSF’s merger with Kramer Levin goes live

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer boasts revenue of more than $2bn; points to focus on US growth

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US boutique DEMC hires luxury law partner from Holland & Knight

Danielle Garno moves to sports and entertainment firm Daniel, Ebeling, Maccia & Cohen after 20 years in BigLaw

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US nuclear power innovator Terrestrial Energy hires GC ahead of public listing

Brian Romanzo joins from franchising consultancy REP’M Group

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