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Five London lawyers make the grade in Sidley’s 52-strong partner promotions round
Off-cycle round is US firm’s first since introducing a salaried partner tier earlier this year
Oil giant Chevron lines up former Texas solicitor general as GC in anticipation of CLO succession
Scott Keller joins as GC in July and will replace R. Hewitt Pate as CLO at the start of next year
Transatlantic Winston Taylor merger goes live
Tie-up of Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing’s UK-led business completed today, creating firm with 1,400 lawyers and £1.2bn in revenue
Fried Frank launches proprietary AI platform to support firm’s fund work
Intelligence platform is designed to assist the firm’s asset management, regulatory and tax lawyers
Kirkland to invest $500m building own AI platform
Chicago giant flexes financial muscle to develop proprietary AI products
Quartet of firms guide $17.6bn Caesars Entertainment acquisition
Latham, Skadden, Freshfields and White & Case score roles in deal that will see casino giant’s acquisition by conglomerate owned by billionaire Tilman Fertitta
AI litigation legaltech start-up Crimson raises $2.5m in seed funding round
Ex-Willkie Farr associate co-founded company which participated in A&O Shearman’s accelerator programme
US firms dominate high-value litigation in London, research shows
Value of claims involving US firms is 13 times higher than the market average, according to Solomonic
Debevoise elevates 16 to partner in New York and London dominated round
Latest cohort increases by almost half compared to 2025, with women making up 44% of promotions
Harvey announces partnership with Swiss legal AI intelligence platform DeepJudge
Collaboration will bring legal teams’ previous work and decisions into Harvey’s AI workflows
Insurance company Hadron hires GC from AXA’s US business
Liesel Carvajal replaces Steve Stephan in the role
US healthcare provider HealthPartners hires CLO from Fujifilm Holdings America
Sarah Karlgaard replaces GC Nancy Evert, who is leaving the business after more than two decades
Legaltech firm Eudia secures partnership with OpenAI to support Pentagon and other government agencies
Strategic tie-up aims to increase output of federal agency legal teams, including at the Department of War
Kirkland, McGuireWoods called in for NextEra’s $67bn Dominion acquisition
One of the largest energy mergers aims to meet surging AI-driven data centre electricity demand
Quinn Emanuel mourns death of firm’s general counsel Harry Olivar
Olivar and his stepson, David Jackson, died in a car accident on 15 May
Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell guide Publicis’ $2.2bn buy of US data firm LiveRamp
First quarter’s leading M&A firms advise on deal that continues Publicis’ strategy to build access to data
US local TV station owner Nexstar reappoints ex-GC as next legal head
Elizabeth Ryder returns to the role she vacated in 2022, replacing Rachel Morgan
Cardozo Law’s FAME programme honours Luxury Law Summit NY chair Barbara Kolsun
Kolsun marks 10 years as Cardozo School of Law’s FAME Center director, amid a lifetime of luxury law firsts
US companies anticipate more disputes in 2026 amid economic stress, AI risk – report
AlixPartners survey also finds that cybersecurity and data privacy is a top concern among US risk professionals
Latino civil rights group UnidosUS hires former AmeriCorps GC as first legal head
Fernando Laguarda was most recently deputy GC at US federal agency GSA