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Freshfields recruits senior capital markets partner in New York from Paul Hastings
Christopher DeCresce was previously vice chair of Paul Hastings’ securities and capital markets practice
‘The big opportunity with GenAI is the holy grail of all marketing: one-to-one client engagement at scale’
MyMai’s Michael Idinopulos discusses how law firms and business development teams can use AI to increase opportunity generation
FedEx promotes 30-year in-house regulatory affairs veteran to become next GC
Gina Adams, who has been with FedEx since 1992, will replace retiring Mark Allen
Former ICSID secretary general launches disputes boutique with Steptoe veteran
Meg Kinnear joins forces with former Steptoe & Johnson partner Lucinda Low for new DC firm
King & Spalding, NRF navigate $500m financing for Abercrombie & Kent
Facility underwritten by Citi will assist expansion of A&K, including that of Crystal Cruises
US chip-maker Credo replaces CLO for second time this year with Automation Anywhere hire
Jim Laufman replaces Kate Schuelke, who only joined from Seagate in January
Sidley recruits McDermott’s Los Angeles litigation team head
Jon Dean continues Chicago firm’s Southern California growth push
IMF announces departure of its first woman GC as hunt for replacement begins
Long-time IMF lawyer Rhoda Weeks-Brown will retire at the end of September
Judge reverses copyright infringement verdict against Disney over special effects in Beauty and the Beast
Jury’s award for vicarious infringement over contractor’s use of software overturned by judge
Firms asked to help trainees stranded by ‘imminent closure’ of US firm’s London office
City of London Law Society writes to firms as it seeks homes for six current and four future trainees of Armstrong Teasdale
US law firms ring in strong performance in first half
Top 50 firms fuelled average 11.4% rise in revenue according to Wells Fargo report
Paul Weiss hires rising M&A star from Cleary in New York
Nickolas Bogdanovich joins after Cleary M&A partner James Langston defected to Paul Weiss in May
Luxury Law’s summer reading suggestions
As the summer season winds down, members of our Luxury Law Alliance Advisory Board recommend some of their most recent reads
Crash Champions hires former GEICO legal head as new CLO
Seth Ingall, who left GEICO earlier this year after nearly 40 years, replaces Paul Ruiter
Willkie hires 11-strong team from Mayer Brown in Chicago
Grouping includes capital markets co-head Edward Best and three other partners
US chemicals business Eastman hires CLO replacement from Clorox Company
Ike Adeyemi to join in September, succeeding Kellye Walker who joined Deere & Company in April
US asset manager Vanguard raids KPMG for GC replacement
Tonya Robinson to join in October following Anne Robinson’s exit to IBM in July
ESG increasingly shaping strategic decisions at US organisations, GC study finds
ESG strategy responsibilities also moving from legal team to broader C-suite, according to MoFo survey
Judge overturns trade secrets verdict against Boeing over electric plane technology
Start-up Zunum offered only “vague and amorphous descriptions” of alleged theft, judge rules
Legal operations pioneer Mary O’Carroll joins Goodwin as COO
Google’s former director of legal operations helped found CLOC