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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord in merger talks to create $1.6bn firm
Combination would create top 30 US firm with more than 1,700 lawyers
Norton Rose Fulbright grows revenue 8.3% to $2.26bn
PEP soars by 32.7% as equity partner ranks shrink by more than 100 lawyers
Orthofix names CLO replacement following trio of executive dismissals last year
Andres Cedron joins from Stryker Corporation, replacing ousted legal chief Patrick Keran
The Global Legal Post launches international comparative guide to cryptoassets
Edited by Brown Rudnick partners Jane Colston and Jessica Lee, online resource outlines emerging legal frameworks for cryptoassets
Paul Hastings, Weil called in for sale of majority stake in Edinburgh Airport
Paul Hastings acts for buyer Vinci in £1.27bn deal as Weil counsels seller Global Infrastructure Partners
US fintech Broadridge hires NYSE GC to fill vacant CLO seat
Former SEC lawyer Hope Jarkowski replaces Kier Gumbs, who left for Edward Jones in November
Freshfields beats gender target for fourth year in a row in latest partner promotion round
Magic Circle firm elevates 23 to partner, with women accounting for more than half of promotions
Skadden, Slaughter and May lead on International Paper’s £5.8bn DS Smith acquisition
Deal sees Skadden-repped International Paper beat earlier offer from British rival Mondi
Orrick hires Kramer Levin’s life sciences head in New York
Irena Royzman is fourth IP partner to join tech-focused firm this year
‘A new apex predator in town’ - Paul Weiss continues to target London's top tier firms for talent
Linklaters among practices in firing line as impact of New York firm’s ongoing hiring spree ripples through market
Tech innovation is expected to fuel IP filing boom over next 12 months, study finds
UnitedLex survey also shows that regulatory changes and resource constraints are weighing on IP teams
NFL team Chicago Bears raids NBA’s Miami Heat for CLO
Krista Whitaker will head the Bears’ legal department following departure of veteran GC Cliff Stein in January
Quinn Emanuel signs deal with Longford Capital to finance client litigation
Litigation funder has committed up to $40m in funding for the firm’s private equity clients
IBM taps Vanguard for next legal chief
Anne Robinson will replace long-time IBM lawyer Michelle Browdy at the start of July
US bill would require AI companies to disclose copyrighted work in training models
Growing prevalence of AI in creative space makes legislative guidance on use of copyrighted work to train software ‘seem inevitable’
Frost Brown Todd opens in Denver with nine partner hires from local firms
New arrivals join from Moye White, Brownstein and Lewis Roca
ArentFox Schiff hires automotive partner quartet from Burns & Levinson
New team including veteran lawyers Paul Marshall Harris and Sara Judge will be based in Boston
Apple urges US appeals court to lift import ban on watches over patent infringements
Tech giant has ‘tough road’ on claim International Trade Commission exceeded authority and made ‘defective’ patent rulings
Swiss smartwatch-maker Garmin names first new GC in more than quarter of a century
Associate GC Josh Maxfield will replace long-time GC Andrew Etkind in July
A&O Shearman announces first partner promotions round ahead of May merger
Allen & Overy accounts for 32 of the promotions and Shearman eight, with women making up 42% of the cohort
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