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Thomson Reuters launches first proprietary LLM to take on legal AI startups
Business trains legal-focused model for just $40m using its own vast library of legal content
Kodex Global hires former FBI legal chief as company’s first GC
Brad Brooker was most recently a partner Holland & Knight, having previously been GC at the FBI
IBA condemns fresh US sanctions on ICC president amid widening rule-of-law dispute
Bar associations have condemned the latest sanctions, warning that measures targeting judges and prosecutors threaten judicial independence
Paul Weiss adds Supreme Court litigator from Goodwin in Washington DC
William Jay joins as a partner and head of its Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice
Seladore Legal hires arbitration partner in Singapore from Clifford Chance
CC loses Kate Apostolova in Asia but gains arbitration counsel Ricardo Chirinos in Washington DC
AI-powered digital ‘double’ platform start-up Twin1 raises $20m in seed funding round
Financing from group of venture capital investors and Orrick will help expand company’s US and UK teams
Vantage Group hires ex-AIG legal head as GC
Financial services veteran Lucy Fato takes over from previous legal chief Bobbi Anderson
Orrick, Cleary, Fenwick & West guide Stripe’s multibillion-dollar OpenRouter buy
Orrick and Cleary advise OpenRouter as Fenwick acts for Stripe in deal reportedly worth around $8bn that deepens payments company’s push into AI
Moore & Van Allen to debut in DC with hires from Seyfarth, Haynes & Boone
Elite Southeast firm targets government contracts work as it opens fifth office
Quartet of firms steer Madison Air’s $5.6bn acquisition of German fan-maker ebm-papst
Paul Hastings, Kirkland & Ellis and Hengeler Mueller guide Madison Air as Milbank advises ebm-papst’s owner families
Elevate acquires US legal work-management platform start-up Lupl
Target was backed by CMS, Cooley and Rajah & Tann Asia
US church management software provider Ministry Brands hires GC from Reach
Chris Wassenaar replaces Renee McDonough, who joined One Identity in May
Legaltech giant Harvey launches next-generation AI platform
Harvey II brings together features including personalisation tool Memory
US energy business Centuri Holdings hires former Berry president as legal chief
Danielle Hunter replaces Jason Wilcock as chief legal and administrative officer
Barnes & Thornburg adds dozen-strong healthcare team from K&L Gates in Raleigh
Group is led by partners Kelsey Jernigan and John Lawrence
Squire Patton Boggs boosts insolvency practice with New York partner hire
Oksana Lashko joins from Morrison Foerster amid wider investment in global restructuring team
Legora announces integration agreement with content management intelligence platform Box
Collaboration will allow mutual clients to use Legora’s agentic system on documents stored in Box
Kimberly-Clark promotes deputy GC to legal head role amid Kenvue acquisition
Suzana Blades replaces GC Grant McGee, who left to join Target in June
Paul Hastings, Goodwin, Sidley and Skadden among firms advising on Thoma Bravo’s $4bn Accelerant take private
Firms including Maples Group, Walkers, Conyers Dill & Pearman and Ropes & Gray also on deal
DeepJudge unveils AI continuity protocol backed by Harvey and Thomson Reuters
Swiss knowledge management startup’s Agent Handoff Protocol aims to preserve context as users move work between different AI systems