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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
Gibson Dunn hires Fried Frank partner in New York to lead fund finance team
Sponsor-side specialist Duncan McKay will help Gibson Dunn build out its investment funds practice
Snapchat-owner Snap taps Munger Tolles again for latest GC
Zachary Briers replaces Michael O’Sullivan, who also previously worked at Munger Tolles
Mayer Brown elevates 36 to partner in latest promotions round
Latest intake is down from 39 in 2024 but overall promotions including counsel are 12% higher
Willkie promotes 30 to partner in London-heavy round
Seven London promotions boosts Willkie’s partner bench in the city by 25%
‘It’s a scale game now’: Ashurst has finally ended its decades-long search for a willing US merger partner
Victoria Basham assesses the prospects of the third substantial transatlantic law firm merger deal to be unveiled in less than three years
Biopharma research business Fortrea hires veteran in-house pharma counsel as GC
Agnieszka Gallagher succeeds Stillman Hanson, who is leaving the company
Wellness franchisor Xponential Fitness hires legal chief from European Wax Center
Gavin O’Connor brought in to replace CLO Andrew Hagopian
Ashurst and Perkins Coie announce landmark $2.7bn transatlantic merger
Tie-up to create top 20 global law firm by revenue with more than 3,000 lawyers
Gibson Dunn, Cooley advise on Merck’s $9.2bn purchase of flu drug-maker Cidara
Gibson Dunn also advised Merck on its $10bn acquisition of Verona Pharma earlier this year
Withers adds art lawyer and historian to newly formed US art and advisory team
Frank Lord joins as senior counsel, alongside contemporary art expert Sarina Taylor, who joins as an associate
US relocation services business Sirva hires CWT legal chief as CLO
Lauren Aste is replacing GC Jeff Margolis
Paul Hastings, Jones Day and Eversheds advise on Parker’s acquisition of Filtration Group
Parker Hannifin agrees to pay $9.25bn for the filtration tech innovator
McDermott considers tapping private equity investment
Firm explores restructuring to meet ethics rules that could set precedent in US