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Goodwin adds private equity heft in the US with partner hires from Kirkland and Gibson Dunn
Andrew Kimball and Andrew Cheng join in Washington DC and Santa Monica respectively
Sheppard Mullin names next Chicago managing partner ahead of office relocation
Liisa Thomas takes over for Larry Eppley, who leads the firm's hospitality industry team
Hogan Lovells names new head of Silicon Valley base ahead of Redwood City move
Jane Ross takes over from Chris Moore who was appointed in October
Norton Rose Fulbright boosts US West Coast projects team with MoFo partner hire
Renewable energy lawyer Elizabeth Sluder joins firm in Los Angeles
Linklaters and Clifford Chance eye US growth with lateral partner hires
Linklaters grows financial regulatory team in Washington while CC boosts its New York funds bench
Karim Adatia: 'Automation is a given today and it’s exciting to be a lawyer who can help commercialise innovation'
Insight’s Senior VP and deputy GC on how automation is revolutionising industry and how lawyers are managing risk and leveraging knowledge, reports Anne Gallagher
'An incomprehensible loss' - Skadden mourns death of M&A trailblazer Scott Simpson
Simpson, who passed away suddenly at 65, was one of Europe's most influential M&A lawyers
Former CNBC lawyer joins executive recruitment platform True as GC
Aisha Christian was earlier general counsel for Rent the Runway
McDermott continues run of transactions partner hires with trio in New York and Atlanta
Partners join in New York from Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden as a former King & Spalding counsel comes aboard in Atlanta
K&L Gates hires four renewables partners from Husch Blackwell as it launches in Kansas City
Three of the four will be based in the new Kansas City office, with the fourth joining in Austin
Skadden adds DLA Piper energy co-chair in Houston
Drew Baldinger also served as DLA Piper's M&A vice-chair
Nine judiciaries launch global network to promote alternative dispute resolution
US, UK, Singapore, and Germany among those to sign up to Judicial Dispute Resolution Network
Freshfields adds another Cravath dealmaker in New York as it pushes US growth
Jenny Hochenberg follows Damian Zoubek’s arrival at the Magic Circle firm last September
Winston & Strawn and Kirkland & Ellis both target ‘dynamic’ Miami with new offices
Chicago firms take different routes south, Winston through lateral hires while Kirkland opts to relocate team
Cyber defences of luxury leaders
Multilaw lawyers from Macpherson Kelley, Miller Nash, Penningtons Manches Cooper, and WKB Lawyers discuss digital security and the cost of failure in a data-driven world
Paul Hastings lands high-profile infrastructure partner trio from Shearman & Sterling in New York
Hires follow arrival of 18-partner restructuring team from Stroock in March
DLA Piper, Roschier advise Philip Morris on $16bn cash offer for Swedish Match
Global firm fielded lawyers from more than 20 offices; Mannheimer Swartling and KANTER advise target
John Quinn assumes executive chairman role in leadership shake-up at Quinn Emanuel
Litigation giant 'expands formal leadership' with appointment of two co-managing partners to help run firm
Women made up 49% of Fortune 500 general counsel appointments in 2021
Drive by major US corporates to boost diversity bearing fruit as the remit of GCs also broadens, research finds
'My path to law was not a linear one': Louis Vuitton’s senior counsel on landing her dream job
Tiffani McDonough on how she arrived at Louis Vuitton, being mentored by Barbara Kolsun and creating the next generation of fashion lawyers