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Reed Smith, DLA Piper advise Concord on Phil Collins and Genesis music rights purchase
Sheridans advise Collins and Genesis bandmates Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford on deal
Kirkland & Ellis announces latest record partner promotions round
Bumper intake sees Chicago giant promote 193 to partnership, up from 151 last year
Willkie rehires high-profile US bankruptcy judge Shelley Chapman in New York
Chapman rejoins for her second spell at Willkie, where she will chair its new ADR practice
Goodwin Procter appoints two partners in Washington to boost trade and cyber teams
Liza Craig joins from Reed Smith and cyber specialist Kaylee Cox Bankston joins from Manatt Phelps & Phillips
Morgan Lewis hires five-strong patent prosecution team from Duane Morris
Team is led by Duane Morris’s former Silicon Valley managing partner Manita Rawat
Global high-end brands to discuss US market at Luxury Law Summit Americas in New York
Event will feature speakers from a range of luxury fashion, travel and art brands
Bulgarian luxury brand BY FAR signs Kendall Jenner as first celebrity face for label's ad campaign
Holland & Knight advises on deal and related music licensing
Resourcing specialist LOD and legaltech consultancy SYKE team up to open first US office
New York launch to target lucrative US in-house market and follows 2021 strategic partnership
Adams and Reese launches practice dedicated to historically black colleges
Am Law 200 firm's new practice to advise on matters including government relations and federal funding
Baker McKenzie elects Bangkok and San Francisco partner duo to global leadership team
Peerapan Tungsuwan and Joyce Smith replace Michael Wong and Michael Santa Maria on the firm’s executive committee
Midsize US firms see demand growth outpace top 100 firms for first time since 2015 - study
Demand growth hit 1.7% in the first half of 2022 compared to a 0.2% decline for big firms
Advent hires Ropes & Gray’s global private equity head as new GC
Amanda McGrady Morrison replaces James Westra, who is retiring at the end of this year
Majority of in-house departments not prioritising transformation, study finds
ACC and DISCO survey finds that only 30% of in-house teams are investing significantly in transformation
US State interpretation and guidance on the enforceability of non-compete agreements
Barnes & Thornburg lawyers Terese Connolly and Christopher Rubey examine the factors that make non-compete agreements enforceable for luxury brand employers
Willkie hires crypto partner from Perkins Coie as it bolsters digital assets leadership
Kari Larsen to co-head digital works practice alongside Christopher Giancarlo, Aliceson Littman and Justin Browder
DLA Piper, Skadden, Kirkland advise on GIC and Oak Street’s $14bn STORE Capital purchase
DLA acts for real estate investment trust STORE Capital, while Skadden and Kirkland advise GIC and Oak Street respectively
Mozilla hires former Salesforce associate GC Carlos Torres as chief legal officer
Torres replaces Amy Keating, who left last year to join Planet Labs
White & Case nabs debt finance partner duo from A&O in New York
Rajani Gupta and Judah Frogel depart Magic Circle firm amid ongoing US growth push
Peloton names Uber veteran new CLO amid wider leadership shakeup
Tammy Albarrán steps in as co-founder and CLO Hisao Kushi resigns following turbulent period at the fitness company
Womble Bond Dickinson adds Wilmer & Lee partner trio as it opens in Huntsville, US
Firm also hires veteran litigator Michael Clark from Baker Donelson in Houston