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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
HSF’s merger with Kramer Levin goes live
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer boasts revenue of more than $2bn; points to focus on US growth
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
US nuclear power innovator Terrestrial Energy hires GC ahead of public listing
Brian Romanzo joins from franchising consultancy REP’M Group
Kirkland & Ellis adds M&A partner trio in Boston from Skadden
Rainmaker Graham Robinson joins with two more partners and around 15 associates
‘Absurd’: Judge overturns executive order against WilmerHale
Ruling follows similar orders against Perkins Coie and Jenner & Block being struck down earlier this month
K&L Gates names new managing partner and chair
Leaders of finance and corporate practices to take over leadership of top 25 US firm
Children’s book publishing giant Scholastic appoints first new GC in 17 years
Senior counsel Chris Lick is promoted to top job ahead of Andrew Hedden’s retirement
‘Uniquely harmful’: Judge overturns executive order against Jenner & Block
Jenner pledges to continue to ‘fiercely advocate for our clients’
Kirkland adds 13-partner litigation team from King & Spalding
Chicago giant continues litigation hiring spree as mass torts and product liability team joins across US
Four Paul Weiss litigation partners leave to form new firm
Prominent Democratic lawyer Karen Dunn among quartet of partners to leave two months after firm cut deal with Trump’s White House
AI, art and the law: new frontiers in creativity and IP
AI’s growing role in art creation and curation raises some of the industry’s most important IP issues, write Foley lawyers Bianca Ascolese and Arian Jabbary
HSF teams up with Kramer ahead of merger for London reinsurance IPO
Willkie Farr and Latham also called in for Third Point Investors’ proposed all-share combination with Malibu Life Reinsurance and re-IPO
US’s second largest bookstore chain Books-A-Million hires second GC in a year
Former Books-A-Million GC Catherine Hogewood returns just 11 months after it appointed Courtney Adair to the role
Luxpreneurs: ‘Entrepreneurs need lawyers who understand how they see the world’ – Get a Grip!’s Jennifer Nemec
When entrepreneur Jennifer Nemec couldn’t find the tennis product she wanted, she created it herself but needed to find the right lawyers for it
Wachtell, Latham advise on $34.5bn mega-deal between Charter and Cox
Deal will create US cable giant and follows Charter’s acquisition of Liberty Media’s broadband business last year
Photoshop-maker Adobe taps streaming platform Roku for next legal chief
Louise Pentland’s arrival ends search for GC replacement, after Dana Rao left last year
US cases to watch in fashion, beauty and apparel in 2025
Foley fashion, apparel and beauty law experts Jeff Greene, Ariba Ahmad, Tyler Dever and Allison Nelson explore some of the key luxury cases on the US docket this year
Latham, Willkie Farr guide Coinbase’s $2.9bn Deribit acquisition
Latham advises Coinbase with Willkie across the table in crypto industry’s biggest deal to date
Lumen Technologies hires former Motorola GC as second legal chief in a year
Mark Hacker replaces interim CLO Meredith Hayes, following departure of Chad Ho less than a year into the job