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Third IP litigator moves from Wilson Sonini to BakerHostetler in Los Angeles
Erik Carlson joins BakerHostetler just a few months after veteran partners Olivia Kim and Ed Poplawski as Am Law 100 firm moves to build full service IP practice on West Coast
Allen & Overy announces new US senior leadership
Global litigation co-head Karen Seward and leading infrastructure partner Kent Rowey to succeed Tim House as US practice co-chairs
Paul Hastings hires litigation partner from Cahill to boost white collar coverage
Brad Bondi will co-chair the firm’s investigations and white collar defence practice in Washington
Kirkland, Latham and Pillsbury advise on $4.8bn Concentrix merger with Webhelp
Transatlantic deal will create a global leader in customer experience services
Holland & Knight beams up K&L Gates tech policy team in space exploration push
DC-based partners Daniel Ritter and Paul Stimers bring emerging tech and space expertise alongside senior policy advisor Dennis Potter
Around the house: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation replaces retiring CLO; former Diageo lawyer trades Johnnie Walker for Ribena
This week’s roundup of top in-house hires also includes appointments at Gong Cha, Capstan Therapeutics, Advanced Vapor Devices and Pérez-Llorca
Around the house: Dentsply Sinora shakes up legal team; former Revlon GC joins New York consultancy Accordion
This week’s roundup of top in-house hires also includes appointments at Zingeroo, Indara, Numeracle and McCalla Raymer
‘A giant of the antitrust bar’: Boies Schiller Flexner mourns passing of founding partner Donald Flexner
Flexner passed away last Sunday aged 81 following a long illness
‘A time of significant transition' – The Global Legal Post launches international guide to ESG laws and regulations
Practical tool for businesses and their advisers is edited by Debevoise’s Ulysses Smith and features contributions from array of top firms
Lifeline for Apple and Google in attempt to change US patent review policy
CAFC decision allows Apple and other tech giants to move one step closer in removing contentious FinTiv rule which makes it harder, they argue, to review patent validity
SVB collapse galvanizes tech sector lawyers as Clifford Chance advises HSBC on rescue of UK arm
Host of US and UK law firms called into action following Friday’s collapse of one of Silicon Valley's largest lenders
Top tier 30-lawyer West Coast patent team migrates from Dentons to DLA Piper
Arrival of team led by Peter Yim and including five other partners co-incides with hire of ex-global patent litigator at Apple, Jessica Hannah
Wachtell and Sullivan & Cromwell called in for Pfizer’s blockbuster $43bn Seagen acquisition
Wachtell advises longtime client Pfizer as M&A chart topper Sullivan acts for cancer drug-maker Seagen
US companies spend record $3.5bn on class action defence in 2022, study finds
Majority of in-house teams are worried about growth in meritless claims, according to Carlton Fields
Cybersecurity unicorn Armis hires first CLO ahead of planned IPO
Efraim Harari joins fast-growing company in Palo Alto from listed network security player SentinelOne
BCLP teams up with clients to launch leadership programme for women lawyers
Project with companies including BT and Credit Agricole focuses on communications skills
Shearman & Sterling begins transition to next senior partner early following shelved Hogan Lovells merger talks
Litigation head Adam Hakki to succeed incumbent David Beveridge following election later this year
Gordon & Rees adds 30-strong East Coast team from regional defence litigation firm Marks O’Neill
Team led by eight partners joins Am Law 100 firm across New York, New Jersey and Westchester offices
Linklaters secures renewable energy partner duo in New York as it targets US energy transition work
Hires from White & Case and Troutman Pepper come as Inflation Reduction Act heralds clean energy investment boom
Hogan Lovells and Shearman & Sterling call off merger talks
Deal 'not in the best interest of either firm', duo confirm as Shearman's Munich office decamps to Morgan Lewis