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Robot chef-maker Circus Group hires GC from German defence tech company Helsing
Former Microsoft lawyer Sasha Borovik joins ahead of defence industry expansion
‘AI will never replace connoisseurship in the art world’: Withers’ Mari-Claudia Jiménez
Withers new art advisory head discusses AI innovations in art, her long career at Sotheby’s, high-profile transactions and her personal art collection
Travers Smith, Simpson Thacher guide £1.7bn NHS landlord take-private
Travers guides Assura on acquisition by Simpson Thacher-repped KKR and Stonepeak
Former Sotheby’s chair joins Withers to head art advisory practice in New York
Mari-Claudia Jiménez will also co-lead the firm’s global art practice with London-based partner Sarah Barker
Former US attorney leaves Paul Weiss for Jenner & Block in wake of Trump deal
Damian Williams latest to leave New York firm after White House deal to avoid executive action
Starbucks on hunt for new legal chief as CLO set to depart ‘in the coming months’
Brad Lerman set to leave the company after just over two years, according to a regulatory filing
The Global Legal Post launches Law Over Borders Arbitration guide
Edited by Volterra Fietta partners Ahmed Abdel Hakam, Gunjan Sharma and Robert G. Volterra, guide offers cross-jurisdictional insight into arbitration law and practice
Cravath, Winston & Strawn guide Chart’s $19bn Flowserve merger
Winston guides Chart and Cravath acts for Flowserve in deal to create gas and liquid technologies leader
Linklaters appoints former Shearman co-head as first Americas chair
Rainmaker George Casey to oversee US strategy in new role having joined the firm from Shearman last year
Crowell merges with life sciences boutique, opens Boston office
Tie-up with 24-lawyer Faber Daeufer & Itrato boosts Crowell’s emerging companies and life sciences capabilities
HSF’s merger with Kramer Levin goes live
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer boasts revenue of more than $2bn; points to focus on US growth
US boutique DEMC hires luxury law partner from Holland & Knight
Danielle Garno moves to sports and entertainment firm Daniel, Ebeling, Maccia & Cohen after 20 years in BigLaw
US nuclear power innovator Terrestrial Energy hires GC ahead of public listing
Brian Romanzo joins from franchising consultancy REP’M Group
Kirkland & Ellis adds M&A partner trio in Boston from Skadden
Rainmaker Graham Robinson joins with two more partners and around 15 associates
‘Absurd’: Judge overturns executive order against WilmerHale
Ruling follows similar orders against Perkins Coie and Jenner & Block being struck down earlier this month
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