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US soft toy-maker Build-A-Bear Workshop names new legal head as GC retires
Yevgeny Fundler, who was previously CLO at agtech business Benson Hill, replaces Eric Fencl
McDermott-Schulte merger goes live
McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel merged 1 August to form 1,750‑lawyer firm with revenues of $3bn
Womble Bond Dickinson adds 20-strong team from Nashville firm Neal & Harwell
Incoming group includes 15 partners, the majority specialising in litigation
Latham & Watkins hires ‘formidable’ antitrust litigator from Cravath in New York
David Marriott is the latest in a series of partner hires in Latham’s antitrust practice this year
A&O Shearman, Slaughter and May guide Brookfield’s £2.4bn Just Group acquisition
A&O Shearman reps Brookfield in deal that deepens Canadian investment giant’s push into UK pension risk transfer market
Wachtell, Latham, Arnold & Porter advise on Palo Alto Networks’ $25bn CyberArk deal
Transaction is latest cybersecurity megadeal, following Alphabet’s acquisition of Wiz earlier in the year
Quinn Emanuel launches first BigLaw arts foundation
An outgrowth of the firm’s artist-in-residence programme, the foundation supports early and mid-career artists
Cozen O’Connor hires IP litigation team for planned San Diego office
Three lawyers join from Eversheds Sutherland alongside another from Buchalter to help launch firm’s second San Diego office
Greenberg Traurig hires Gulf hospitality law veteran from Squire Patton Boggs
Elias Hayek will co-chair GT’s Middle East and European hospitality group from its offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and London
Arnold & Porter hires partner group from K&L Gates to launch in Seattle
New Seattle office will be led by partner and Western US strategic growth chair Pallavi Mehta Wahi
IBA launches latest impact survey on AI use in the legal sector
Lawyers invited to contribute perspectives on AI’s evolving influence, with findings to be unveiled at IBA’s 2025 Annual Conference in Toronto
US patent suit filed against Skechers over its popular ‘slip-in’ sneaker line
Represented by Boies Schiller Flexner, rival footwear brand Kizik alleges infringement of its hands-free technology
US supermarket giant Kroger hires former Dinsmore managing partner as GC
George Vincent will replace Christine Wheatley, who is retiring in September
Jones Day helps Medtronic prevail against $106m patent damages verdict
US appeals court rules that rival medtech company Colibri Heart Valve could not assert infringement under doctrine of equivalents
Eversheds Sutherland launches Silicon Valley office
Transtalantic firm hires Baker McKenzie litigation partner to build out newest California office