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Wachtell and Hogan Lovells lead on $26bn deal for Prologis to buy Duke Realty

Alston & Bird and Fried Frank also secure roles as all-stock deal follows previous unsuccessful $24bn bid in May

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WilmerHale hires former federal prosecutor Preet Bharara

The US attorney turned podcast star joins as a partner in the firm’s New York office

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Shearman & Sterling looks to home for latest partner promotions round

US lawyers dominate 12-strong cohort following last year’s mainly international round

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Davis Wright Tremaine bolsters financial services offering with boutique tie-up

Merger with McGonigle sees Seattle firm double financial services headcount and add offices in Richmond and Chicago

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Fast-growing Canadian startup 1Password adds former top Shopify lawyer as first CLO

Erin Zipes’ arrival follows Toronto-based company raising $620m earlier this year at a $6.8bn valuation

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In-house counsel see total compensation jump by more than a fifth in 2021, study finds

Male GCs and senior counsel out-earned their female counterparts, according to BarkerGilmore

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Paul Hastings celebrates 'milestone' hire of Gibson Dunn's M&A co-chair in New York

Eduardo Gallardo is latest high-profile addition in Big Apple as headcount nears 400

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Brown Rudnick promotes Johnny Depp's lawyer to partner

Camille Vasquez regarded as key to landing $15m verdict in favour of Depp

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Goodwin raids Latham & Watkins for corporate partner trio in Santa Monica

New hires will sit in firm’s technology practice, following double private equity partner hire earlier this month

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Morrison Foerster adds another West Coast partner from Perkins Coie

Life sciences specialist Matthew Ferry becomes the sixth partner to have moved over since the start of the year

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Allen & Overy and Linklaters eye US growth with lateral partner hires

A&O adds to corporate team in Silicon Valley as Links boosts employee offering in New York

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Barnes & Thornburg hires healthcare compliance team from Bass Berry in DC

Arrivals include former Bass Berry DC managing partner John Kelly, who joins as chair of Barnes & Thornburg's healthcare department and industry practice

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Undervalued lawyers more likely to suffer well-being issues, study finds

Almost half of those lawyers say they have been diagnosed with a mental health disorder

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Kirkland, Cooley advise on Bristol Myers Squibb’s acquisition of oncology specialist Turning Point

Deal is valued at $4.1bn and gives BMS access to Turning Point Therapeutics' pipeline of cancer drugs

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