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Paul Hastings targets big-ticket public M&A with hire of Kirkland deals star in New York
Eric Schiele’s arrival as global M&A co-chair described as ‘major leap forward’ in fulfilling M&A ambitions
Reed Smith hits record $1.5bn in revenue
PEP rises nearly 14% to $1.8m while London office grows turnover 15% following two years of decline
Holland & Hart adds Perkins Coie environmental partners for Phoenix debut
National firm moves to exploit market’s growing demand for expertise across energy, environmental and construction sectors
Perkins Coie boosts IP litigation practice with Finnegan duo hire
Recruits will strengthen its Silicon Valley offering in emerging technologies like AI and medtech
Latham & Watkins sees revenue soar 23% to hit $7bn
Los Angeles giant’s PEP tops $7m following 29% growth last year
Covid-19 vaccine battle between Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech heats up in Germany and US
Freshfields leads Moderna to win in German court but pharma company is not so successful in the US
Trump orders review of top law firms’ diversity policies
Clampdown outlined in executive order targeting Perkins Coie over work for Democrats
Judges sides with Nike in counterfeit dispute with StockX
Sneaker giant’s other claims against the online marketplace are rejected including false advertising
Paul Hastings, Weil called in for BlackRock’s $23bn Panama Ports deal
Paul Hastings advises seller CK Hutchison as Weil guides consortium led by BlackRock
AI automation business Nintex hires former Limeade GC as legal chief
Sarah Visbeek replaces Camden Hillas, who left to join UserTesting in February
Hogan Lovells rings in record results as turnover nears $3bn
Transatlantic firm cites balanced growth across practices as PEP pushes past $3m
O’Melveny hires LA media and entertainment partner from Sheppard Mullin
Leif Cervantes de Reinstein is O’Melveny’s second entertainment law lateral partner hire this year
Pallas Partners builds in New York with twin partner hire from Kasowitz
Finance litigation specialists join London-based boutique as cross-border finance and restructuring disputes ramp up
Morrison Cohen advises Valentino in US class certification bid win
New York district court judge denies class certification but will allow individual lawsuits to proceed
Eversheds adds 12-lawyer tax controversy team in Atlanta from Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Three partners join alongside two counsels and seven associates
Kirkland secures UK Court of Appeal victory for Lenovo in SEP battle with Ericsson
Lenovo prevails over Ericsson in its bid to secure interim licence to use its 4G and 5G patents
US financial services firm Ascensus hires senior WilmerHale counsel as CLO
Phillip Gillespie, who also spent more than 10 years at State Street, replaces Joe Dansky
Gunnercooke enters Chicago with ex-FisherBroyles team
Five corporate and transactions partners join to open platform firm’s second US office
Reed Smith makes partner raids on quintet of firms to launch in Denver
Firm adds 10 new partners from Akerman, Brownstein, Dentons, Foley Hoag and Greenberg Traurig
Paul Hastings hires Latham partner in Boston to co-head new global tech transactions practice
Sarah Gagan will team up with New York-based Amir Ghavi who joined from Fried Frank earlier this month