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Evisort raises $100m in latest funding round led by venture capital firm TCV
Series C round will help the US legaltech start-up accelerate its global growth plans
Cooley and Milbank tapped to bring Grindr through $2.1bn SPAC deal
Freshfields also advises on high-profile transaction with Singapore-based blank check company
Kirkland & Ellis lands M&A ‘rising star’ partner from Cravath in New York
Partner Allison Wein is the second dealmaker to leave Cravath in the last eight months
Ropes & Gray and Sullivan & Cromwell advise on Pfizer's $11.6bn acquisition of migraine pill maker Biohaven
Deal marks Pfizer's largest acquisition since it bought cancer drug company Medivation for $14bn in 2016
LexisNexis acquires Parley Pro to bolster its CounselLink enterprise legal management platform
Deal adds contract lifecycle management tools to its legal spend and matter management capabilities
Diversity Lab certifies first cohort of midsize firms in NFL-style diversity programme
Some 26 US firms were certified for their efforts to boost underrepresented groups in senior roles
Virtual shoes and vault NFTs: first sale, fair use or first impression?
Loeb & Loeb’s Melanie Howard and Lisa Wiznitzer break down the Nike v. StockX case, in their continuing commentary on IP rights in the metaverse
Kennedys makes up record tally of 22 partners including six in Australia
Women make up nearly 60% of round that is more than double the size of last year’s
US employers split on Covid jabs, with just under half mandating vaccines, study finds
Littler survey shows percentage of employers requiring vaccination almost doubled since August
Allen & Overy unveils tech incubator's 'largest cohort ever' as it kicks off sixth edition
Group includes seven startups chosen in collaboration with A&O's clients
Join us as a leader in the ‘business as a force for good’ movement
Hanson Bridgett was the first law firm to earn certification as a B Corporation and hasn't looked back, writes Samir Abdelnour
Fox Rothschild opens in Boston with IP team from Mintz Levin
Partner Pete Corless joins alongside team in 'game-changing' addition to IP practice
Panera adds former Burger King lawyer as CLO
Marlene Gordon joins American bakery-café chain following stint as Fresh Del Monte’s legal chief
McDermott adds powerhouse cross-Atlantic privacy and cybersecurity trio from Squire Patton Boggs
Partner Rosa Barcelo joins in Brussels as partner Elliot Golding and counsel Robin Campbell move over in Washington DC
Womble Bond Dickinson plants flag in New York with five-lawyer team from local IP boutique
Launch of firm's 20th US office marks five-year anniversary of transatlantic merger that created Womble Bond
Clifford Chance unveils 'most diverse ever' partner promotions round
Largest cohort since 2007 sees 37 lawyers made up as firm measures up to latest diversity targets
O’Melveny adds capital markets partner in Austin from Locke Lord
Michelle Earley to reunite with five-partner corporate team that moved over from Locke Lord in January
Greenberg Traurig nabs six-strong real estate finance team from Winston & Strawn
New additions to bolster US firm's regional New York bases and launch an office in North Carolina
Debevoise names successor to veteran presiding partner Michael Blair
Peter Furci to take over in July ahead of Blair’s retirement, firm also names next deputy presiding partner
NBT Bancorp adds new GC from MidFirst Bank
Randy Sparks succeeds Angela Wolfe Kelley who moved on to PacWest