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US financial services group Equitable Holdings promotes life insurance head to CLO
Kurt Meyers, who was also previously deputy GC, replaces José Ramón González as legal chief
Weil continues US litigation build-out with Cooley partner hire in Boston
Adam Gershenson becomes Weil’s 14th litigation partner hire since the start of 2025
Trio of firms guide Qualtrics’ $6.75bn healthcare tech firm acquisition
Goodwin Procter and Simpson Thacher counsel Silver Lake-backed Qualtrics as Latham & Watkins acts for target Press Ganey Forsta
UK law firms lead responsible business index as US firms slide – study
Clyde & Co, DWF, Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons and Taylor Wessing top list published by Lamp House and Chambers
Luxury lawyers share their favourite reads
In our annual reach-out, luxury advisory board members and partners recommend some of their most recent reads
US packaging business Greif appoints only second GC in 148-year history
Deputy GC Dennis Hoffman to replace Gary Martz, who is retiring in November
Haynes Boone leads on landmark US-UK listing amid AI boom
Linklaters and Vinson & Elkins also score roles advising underwriters as energy REIT Fermi lists on the Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange
Corona-maker Constellation Brands lines up successor as CLO announces retirement
Senior legal counsel Jeff LaBarge will replace Jim Bourdeau in March next year
Trane Technologies names oil and gas industry veteran as next GC
Victoria Lazar replaces Evan Turtz, who is retiring in October
Handles fall off US luxury bag case
Freeths’ Martin Noble explores the recent dismissal of the proposed US class action against Hermès and the line between lawful and unlawful selling practices for luxury brands
Wachtell, Kirkland lead on EA’s record $55bn deal to go private
Six law firms called in for video game maker’s acquisition by consortium that includes Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s PIF, the largest take-private investment in history
Latham partner who helped steer Paramount Skydance deal lands CLO role
Makan Delrahim will replace interim legal chief Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon
Trio of firms called in for Fortegra’s $1.65bn sale to South Korean insurer DB Insurance
Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin advise Fortegra as Latham & Watkins guides DB Insurance
US general counsel pay rises by a fifth since 2020, Equilar report shows
Median GC pay at the largest companies in the US hits $3.4m in 2024
US nuclear business The Nuclear Company hires former Tesla deputy GC as CLO
Robert Harmon joins from construction tech business ICON
Squire Patton Boggs makes twin transatlantic structured finance hire from Reed Smith
Trish O’Donnell will be based in New York, while Nathan Menon joins in London
Wachtell, Paul Weiss guide Pfizer’s $7.3bn buy of weight loss drugmaker Metsera
Wachtell advises Pfizer as it scrambles to win slice of booming obesity drug market with Paul Weiss-repped Metsera
US mortgage giant Freddie Mac hires MUFG Americas GC as next legal head
Matthew Abrusci replaces Heidi Mason, who retired at the start of this month
HSF Kramer marks first US partner hire since merger
Burr Eckstut joins as head of US tech transactions from White & Case
What Anthropic’s rejected appeal in AI case means for authors of copyrighted works
McKool Smith IP litigators Avery Williams and Joseph Micheli consider the implications of Anthropic’s recent proposed $1.5bn settlement for copyright infringement