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Adani Group enlists Wachtell to take on short seller as stocks take a beating

Wall Street firm renowned for activism defence work has joined Indian conglomerate's legal team, the Financial Times has reported

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Orrick secures former Hughes Hubbard arbitration group co-head in New York

Hagit Elul arrives hot on the heels of Orrick’s deal to merge with US litigation firm; Hughes Hubbard reshuffles leadership

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Shearman & Sterling lays off 38 US lawyers and staff

New York firm latest to trim headcount following recent layoffs at Davis Wright Tremaine, Goodwin Procter and Cooley

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Hermès victorious in battle with NFT digital artist

French luxury house, represented by BakerHostetler, wins pivotal case that tests the scope of trademark protection in the digital age

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Davis Wright Tremaine lays off staff, citing ‘excess capacity’

Seattle-based firm lets go of 21 professionals; move follows cuts at Cooley and Goodwin Procter

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Duane Morris targets 'marquee' IP talent with triple partner hire

Top 100 US firm secures partners in Washington DC and Silicon Valley from specialist firms

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Dechert secures trio of senior transatlantic antitrust partners from Orrick

Orrick’s antitrust and competition group head moves over in Washington DC alongside new arrivals in San Francisco and London

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Samsung agrees to pay $150m to Nanoco following patent dispute

Kirkland and Mintz Levin among advisers as ‘no fault’ settlement reached in wrangle over patents relating to the production of QLED televisions

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Clyde & Co absorbs insurance boutique to launch in Boston

Flurry of US boutique takeovers continues as UK insurance giant opens 15th US arm

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PVH Corp lawyer joins Luxury Law Alliance Advisory Board

NY-based Hellman is also an adjunct professor at Fordham U School of Law

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Cadwalader secures leveraged finance partner quartet in Charlotte from King & Spalding

Firm hails team's arrival as significant step in building out middle market leveraged finance and private credit practice

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Arbitration Chambers welcomes big names in London and New York

Former IBA president and former co-chair of Skadden Arps’ international arbitration group among four legal veterans joining Hong Kong-based set

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Winston & Strawn targets Bay Area expansion with hire of two class action partners from Squire Patton Boggs

Troy Yoshino and Eric Knapp bring blue-chip representation experience across healthcare, automotive, insurance and financial services

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Greenberg Traurig relocates 11-strong team to launch in San Diego

Four shareholders from Greenberg’s IP, employment and environmental groups open firm’s sixth Californian office alongside team of counsel and patent agents

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US in-house counsel avoids serious reprimand following UK judgment embargo breach

Court of Appeal judges show leniency to in-house counsel after he breaches the embargo of a judgment relating to a patent case

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BCLP adds former Baker McKenzie recruiter in Chicago as US diversity director

Devin Carter succeeds Tonya Gaskins with mandate to evolve BCLP’s D&I programmes in the US

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Clifford Chance names antitrust co-chair new Americas managing partner

Sharis Arnold Pozen succeeds Evan Cohen to become first woman to hold the role

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Mimecast promotes compliance chief to general counsel

Chris Dollase succeeds Robert Nault following email security giant’s $5.8bn acquisition by Permira last year

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