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Around the house: Microsoft announces legal leadership change, Hilton names former Molson Coors CLO as GC
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Disney Parks, Alcoa, Webster Financial Corporation and Cogeco
Arnold & Porter adds senior Foley Hoag partner for Boston debut
Hemmie Chang joins to lead new life sciences-focused office
Wachtell, Morgan Lewis latest to benefit from Big Food consolidation as JM Smucker snaps up Hostess Brands
Deal valued at $5.6bn to buy Twinkie owner follows acquisitions by Campbell Soup and Mars
Cooley appoints first woman CEO as Conroy prepares to stand down after 16 years
San Francisco corporate head Rachel Proffitt to take over in 2024; Conroy to stay on as chair
Winston & Strawn names new chairman after almost two decades
Global litigation co-chair Steve D’Amore to succeed veteran chair Tom Fitzgerald in June 2024
Osborne Clarke to open in Miami to boost US arbitration and tech law strategy
Firm hires Samaniego Law’s Javier Fernández-Samaniego to head Miami office
US appeals court breathes fresh life into ‘Impossible’ trademark lawsuit
Ninth Circuit revises case for lack of personal jurisdiction involving Impossible Foods and Impossible X, run by ‘digital nomad’
Around the house: US Foods ends hunt to fill vacant GC role, Maximus raids GE Aerospace for GC replacement
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Sonder, Dave, Tanger Outlets and Spearmint Energy
Burford-backed claimants secure ‘extraordinary win’ after $16bn New York judgment against Argentina
Litigation funder due payout running into billions as CEO hails ‘major milestone’
Womble Bond Dickinson to open in Denver with partner duo from Hogan Lovells
Latest US office launch will be led by new partners Scot Anderson and Ana Maria Gutiérrez
Raft of top-tier firms advise on Smurfit Kappa’s $11bn acquisition of WestRock
Advisers include Matheson, Freshfields, Wachtell, Clifford Chance, Cravath and Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss unveils 13-partner transatlantic team after swoop on rival Kirkland
Team includes one partner from Linklaters as Wall Street firm also commits to new LA arm
Arnold & Porter adds five-partner product liability team in Houston and DC
Veteran litigators join amid uptick in federal and state regulatory scrutiny facing product manufacturers
Around the house: ADM taps Baker Hughes for GC, Moody’s hands GC role to long-serving in-house lawyer
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Swarovski, Cox Enterprises, Ceribell and Intact Financial Corporation
NFTs: luxury retail’s new frontier
Luxury lawyers Maria Luigia Franceschelli and Ghada Qaisi Audi examine the viability of digital and ‘phygital’ asset strategies in an evolving luxury world
Google escapes $15.1m jury verdict in dispute over audio patents
Judge throws out jury verdict ruling that the plaintiff didn’t provide enough evidence to support claim
Norton Rose Fulbright’s global CEO Gerry Pecht steps down early and retires from partnership
US and EMEA managing partners to lead global giant for interim period
Pérez-Llorca boosts New York arm with hire of arbitration specialist from White & Case
Arrival of Felipe Nazar as a partner adds disputes to office’s capabilities in corporate and tax
Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss advise on Roark Capital’s acquisition of Subway
Deal could value US fast food chain at about $9.55bn subject to financial performance, according to reports
ABA appoints new co-chair of influential arbitration committee
Senior AAA-ICDR arbitrator Luis Martinez takes up leadership of ABA’s international arbitration committee