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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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