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Paul Weiss and Clifford Chance in as Apollo gatecrashes easyJet sale with surprise £5.7bn takeover offer
Offer trumps earlier rival bid from Slaughter and May- and Milbank-repped Castlelake
US audit oversight organisation PCAOB hires Venable partner as GC
George Kostolampros replaces acting GC Matt Goldin, who resumes deputy GC role
Sidley adds five-partner finance team from Clifford Chance in New York and DC
Lee Askenazi, who co-led Clifford Chance’s financial markets team, joins with four more partners
Japan’s Nagashima Ohno to launch Silicon Valley office
Big Four firm adds second US office after New York in response to growing demand for legal advice on Japan-US transactions and investment
Kyndryl hires GC from Interpublic Group to replace interim legal head
Andrew Bonzani replaces interim GC Mark Ridges, who returns to his deputy GC role
At the forefront of change: how Walkers has navigated 25 years in Europe
The heads of Walkers’ European offices discuss how their markets are evolving amid rising regulation, private capital growth and increasing demand for digital asset expertise
Harbor acquires UK-based legal training specialist iTrain
Deal expected to expand Harbor’s UK capabilities and help global clients with legaltech adoption
Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger-owner PVH lines up legal head successor
Elisheva Hirshman will take over as CLO in September, replacing Mark Fischer who is retiring next year
Charles Russell Speechlys marks US debut with six-partner raid on Withers
London firm hails ‘defining moment’ as it opens private client-focused offices in New York and New Haven
Kirkland, Paul Weiss, MoFo guide latest blockbuster pharma merger
Kirkland advises Vertex in $10bn acquisition of Paul Weiss- and Morrison & Foerster-repped Crinetics
Paul Hastings adds Cahill’s private credit co-leader in New York
Peter Williams’ hire follows Paul Hastings boosting private credit group earlier this year with hires from Cadwalader and Haynes Boone
Barnes & Thornburg selects 38 lawyers as firm’s AI ‘champions’
The lawyers will promote AI technology in areas including M&A, litigation, bankruptcy and intellectual property
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors names deputy GC as next legal head
Michael Hoffman replaces Jennifer Wuamett, who is retiring
Katten adds DLA Piper capital markets co-chair for Miami launch
Josh Kaufman joins as managing partner of new office and lead partner of Katten’s public company advisory practice
Walkers elevates 14 to partner in reduced global promotions round
Promotions were spread across firm’s main offshore, European and Asian offices