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From ‘no’ to common sense in corporate legal departments
In a discussion at the Luxury Law Summit in New York, two LVMH legal executives explored how values, mindset and skills create the foundation for law department operations
DAC Beachcroft hires team of 30 for US debut
Group including four partners to open offices in New York and Los Angeles at start of next year
Sidley recruits CMS TMT head in London
Clive Gringras latest in string of recent partner hires for US firm’s City office
Constellation hires Jenner & Block energy practice co-head as next GC
Clean energy specialist also promotes current GC to chief legal and policy officer
Simpson Thacher restructuring leader rejoins Weil in New York
Sunny Singh returns to co-chair top-tier practice following Ray Schrock’s exit last month
Vogue publisher Condé Nast lines up SoundCloud legal head as next GC
Antonious Porch will join in February, filling the seat left vacant by William Bowes’ departure
Boies Schiller Flexner adds two partners to strengthen antitrust and IP offering
Leading litigators James Keyte and Enoch Liang join the disputes powerhouse
Law firm branding lessons from the sports world
Law firms should look to sports teams for lessons on how to build a loyal audience, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg
Fifty-six partners appointed in Norton Rose Fulbright’s class of 2025
Number of promotions increases from 49 last year, though proportion of women falls to 35%
Sidley promotes 38 to partner in latest US-dominated round
Chicago firm also makes up 27 to counsel in largest combined class to date
Morrison & Foerster hits Goodwin for ECVC team in New York
Goodwin partner Peter Fusco joins as co-chair of MoFo's ECVC group alongside at least six more lawyers
Arbitration corruption allegations may have grown over the past 10 years, survey finds
BCLP report shows corruption remains a significant challenge for the arbitration process
Debevoise, Nishimura called in for Nippon Life’s $8.2bn Resolution Life acquisition
Kirkland & Ellis and Herbert Smith Freehills also among nine law firm’s called in for the largest takeover by a Japanese insurer
Baker Hostetler adds 10-lawyer Locke Lord team for Austin debut
Affordable housing team joins ahead of Locke Lord’s merger with Troutman Pepper in January
The five key criteria for evaluating legal AI products
LexisNexis buyer's guide sets out to separate fact from fiction when assessing legal Gen AI platforms
Paul Weiss makes up 34 in expanded partner promotions round
First round since US firm introduced non-equity partner tier sees cohort almost triple
Lockheed Martin names next GC as veteran legal head retires
Kevin O’Connor will replace Maryanne Lavan, who is departing after nearly 35 years with the company
Freshfields hires partners from Cooley and Goodwin in Silicon Valley
UK firm has made six West Coast partner hires this year
‘A dynamic international landscape’: The Global Legal Post launches IP guide
Law Over Borders Intellectual Property guide is edited by Foley & Lardner’s Jeffrey Greene
Five-lawyer Withers IP team exits for Sullivan & Worcester in US
Group led by partners Tom Meyers and Zachary Hyde joins across Boston and New York