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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
Greeting cards giant Hallmark promotes deputy GC to legal chief role
Erin Kobler will replace Jill Marchant, who is leaving the company
Latham elects 19 counsel to partner in latest promotions round
Round follows Los Angeles giant promoting 24 associates to partner in January
Condé Nast and Guardian among group accusing Canadian AI start-up of ‘wholesale, verbatim copying’
Launch of latest Gen AI suit follows victory for Thomson Reuters in tussle with legal research outfit ROSS
Latham, BCLP advise on Tapestry’s sale of luxury shoe brand Stuart Weitzman to Caleres
In a luxury shake-up, Tapestry divests high-end shoe company for $105m in cash to focus on Coach and Kate Spade brands
Simpson Thacher builds out in Boston with hires from Cooley, Ropes & Gray
Recently launched office bolstered with two partners practising across private funds and government investigations
Online radio broadcaster SiriusXM lures ex-Airbnb CLO out of retirement as new GC
Richard Baer is replacing Patrick Donnelly, who is retiring
Legal AI start-up Luminance, backed by Slaughter and May, raises $75m
Funding round marks one of largest capital raises by pure-play legal AI company in UK and Europe
Simpson Thacher taps Willkie Farr for four-partner registered funds team
Firm cites growing client focus on retail market products as partners join across New York and DC
Macfarlanes and Linklaters lead on Ferrari Group’s €785m IPO
Italian-based luxury logistics company sells 25% of founding family shares to fund transaction
ABA challenges Trump administration’s diversity policies, foreign aid cuts and judicial attacks
US president issued executive order in January seeking to end private sector DEI initiatives
World’s largest cinema operator AMC Entertainment names interim GC
Edwin Gladbach steps up from legal VP role to replace Kevin Connor, who is retiring after 23 years with AMC
Travers Smith and Foley & Lardner among firms advising on Steve Madden’s Kurt Geiger acquisition
Steve Madden pays £289m in cash to acquire luxury UK brand Kurt Geiger from PE firm Cinven
Former ICJ president Joan Donoghue joins Twenty Essex as an arbitrator
Retired American judge took unusual step last year of correcting media reports over controversial ICJ Gaza genocide ruling
The media is dead, long live the media - law firm communications in the age of narrow media
Marketers need to embrace both old and new media as part of their comms strategies, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg