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Clutch of law firms guide DCC Energy’s $7.7bn takeover by KKR, ECP
Gibson Dunn, Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis and Cleary guide KKR’s largest public-to-private transaction in Europe in more than a decade alongside Irish firms Matheson, Arthur Cox and William Fry
Leadership, workforce readiness slowing AI transformation efforts - study
Talent Solutions and Everest Group survey finds only 3% of leaders are highly prepared to manage AI change
Withers’ profits jump almost 30% as revenue nears £360m
Private client specialist has added on average one billionaire each week as a new client over the past four years
US quantum computing innovator Quantinuum appoints CLO from GitLab
Robin Schulman joins following company’s recent stock market listing
HSF Kramer revenue reaches $2.4bn in first post-merger results
First results since transatlantic merger show PEP of $2.1m, up 7% on Herbert Smith Freehills’ pre-merger figure
US battery storage innovator Eos hires CLO from Coherent Corp
Marie Batz Martin replaces Michael Silberman in the role
Willkie Farr partners with OpenAI to accelerate development of proprietary tech
New York firm seeks to ‘transform frontier AI technologies into proprietary platforms’
US luxury watchmaker Jacob & Co hires ex-Richemont lawyer as general counsel
Joseph Forgione arrives after four years at the Swiss luxury brand owner’s New York office
Arnold & Porter appoints first chief artificial intelligence officer
Roger Maeda takes up new role as US firm aims to strengthen AI capability
Harvey acquires US investment firm-focused AI platform Benchmark
Deal will help further expand Harvey’s asset management capabilities
DLA Piper grows PEP nearly 20% in final year as verein
PEP reaches $4.1m as revenue climbs 8.4% to $4.6bn in last financial year before new global LLP structure came into effect
Legal teams increasingly involved in CSR programmes amid growing compliance pressures - study
DEI-related litigation risk and ESG scrutiny prompting closer alignment between legal and CSR teams, according to ACCP
K&L Gates axes 10% of staff roles
Cuts equating to around 180 roles follows review ‘to better align with how our business operates today and support future growth’
Litera responds to Gen AI start-ups with brand refresh and platform relaunch
Chicago-based legaltech giant says integrated AI platform offers an alternative to Gen AI tools that ‘sell a feature’
Raft of law firms steer Uber’s $15bn bid for Delivery Hero
Freshfields and Wachtell lead for Uber as Sullivan & Cromwell guides Delivery Hero and Paul Weiss, Hengeler Mueller, Baker Botts and Gibson Dunn act for investment firm SSW
US biotech Biogen hires Spur Therapeutics CEO as next legal chief
Michael Parini will join in August, replacing former CLO Susan Alexander who left the company at the end of May
AI and data company DDN hires CLO from Metropolis Technologies
Experienced in-house tech lawyer Michelle Rosen joins as company’s first legal chief
Linklaters raids Paul Weiss for senior New York litigation duo
Boost for US growth ambitions sees FIFA’s top counsel join as chair of the global sports practice
Ericsson Federal hires compliance specialist from wider Ericsson group as first CLO
Melissa Milstead joins from Ericsson, where she was head of compliance for the Americas
Paul Weiss and Clifford Chance in as Apollo gatecrashes easyJet sale with surprise £5.7bn takeover offer
Offer trumps earlier rival bid from Slaughter and May- and Milbank-repped Castlelake