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Womble Bond Dickinson enters alliance with Brazilian firm Schmidt Valois
Collaboration will enhance Womble’s energy and natural resources coverage in Latin America
Linklaters promotes 34 to partner as gender diversity target on track for fifth year
Women make up just over 40% of cohort, as overall promotions rose compared to 2024
US investment firm TPG hires Debevoise & Plimpton partner as CLO
Jennifer Chu will replace GC Bradford Berenson, who is moving to a senior advisor role
Cooley turnover hits $2bn mark again even as London revenue falters
Global revenue rises 5.8%, though London’s contribution slides 8% to $94.5m
Jenner & Block targeted in latest Trump order aimed at law firms
Firm spokesperson said Jenner & Block would “pursue all appropriate remedies”
Four-strong IP team moves to Venable from Axinn Veltrop & Harkride
Pan Lee and Don Wang join partners Jeannine Yoo Sano and Eric Krause in San Francisco
Shein accused of selling counterfeit versions of Coach products
Lawsuit filed in US alleges that fast fashion giant sells “knock off products to consumers on a global scale”
Sidley, Weil lead on Clearlake’s $7.7bn deal to take Dun & Bradstreet private
Sidley guides longtime client Clearlake as Weil advises Dun & Bradstreet on deal that ends its second stint as a public company
‘It could have destroyed our firm’: Paul Weiss chair issues firmwide statement on Trump deal
Brad Karp details reasoning behind deal with Trump administration that saw executive order targeting firm withdrawn
Campaigning Skadden associate resigns citing Big Law's failure to challenge Trump's attacks on law firms
Rachel Cohen helped coordinate letter signed by nearly 800 associates calling on law firm leaders to condemn Trump administration's “all-out attack”
Cooley, Covington shepherd AstraZeneca's $1bn EsoBiotec acquisition
AstraZeneca boasts highest market capitalisation of FTSE 100, at $185bn
WIPO reports return to growth in patents and trademarks filings in 2024
China was the leading country filer for patents and designs, while US took the top spot for trademarks
Kirkland’s revenue hits $8.8bn as PEP grows 16%
Chicago giant again sets turnover record for Am Law 100 as profits per equity partner climb to $9.25m
Automating communications with AI – TerraLex's CEO on its new intelligent assistant
Terri Pepper discusses legal network TerraLex's latest innovation, myLexi
Associates circulate open letter urging law firms to speak out against Perkins Coie executive order
Letter says it is not too late for bosses to take a stand against Trump administration’s attack on ‘rule-of-law norms’
Wachtell, Davis Polk lead $6.7bn merger of troubled drugmakers Mallinckrodt and Endo
Hogan Lovells, Paul Weiss and Ireland’s Arthur Cox and A&L Goodbody also act in tie-up of drugmakers with shared history of opioid crisis lawsuits
Domino’s Pizza promotes assistant GC to legal head role
Ryan Mulally takes over from Kevin Morris, who has been Domino’s legal head since 2017
Can the AI industry solve the transpacific IP tug-of-war?
Divergent approaches to IP protection in the US and China could impact the pace of AI development, writes Lusheng managing partner Landy Jiang
US on-campus bookstore Barnes & Noble Education hires former Six Flags GC as legal head
Christopher Neumann brought in to replace Michael Miller, who left the company back in September
IBA announces next phase of its gender equality project
Second stage of the 50:50 by 2030 study will include a global survey of women lawyers