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Quartet of firms lead Hologic’s $18.3bn take private by Blackstone and TPG

Kirkland, Wachtell, Ropes and Sidley advise on largest medical devices deal in almost two decades

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Gym chain Planet Fitness hires GoTo Foods GC as next legal head

Sarah Powell replaces Justin Vartanian, who exited the business in June

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NuScale Power makes second CLO appointment in less than four months

James Canafax brought in to replace Shahram Ghasemian, who joined as its first CLO in July

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Q&A luxury and the law: what’s keeping brands on watch

From regulatory crackdowns to real estate revivals, Loeb & Loeb partner Michael Barry discusses the forces reshaping the luxury landscape

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Latham builds US restructuring bench with Ropes & Gray partner trio

Ropes’ business restructuring chair, Ryan Dahl, leads team move across New York and Chicago

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Starbucks ends hunt for new legal chief with TelevisaUnivision hire

Pilar Ramos brought in to replace Brad Lerman, whose departure was announced in June

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Gen AI adoption more than doubles among US in-house counsel, ACC study shows

Some 52% of US corporate counsel started using Gen AI this year, compared to 23% in 2024

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White & Case promotes 45 to partner as intake rises

Promotions spread across 20 of firm’s 43 global offices in largest cohort since 2022

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Littler hires Brookdale Senior Living legal VP as firm’s first GC and CLO

Maralee Downey brings more than two decades of employment law experience

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Trio of firms guide Carlyle’s €7.7bn acquisition of majority stake in BASF’s coating unit

Freshfields acts for Germany’s BASF as Milbank and Latham counsel Carlyle

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Frost Brown Todd merges with New Jersey’s Gibbons in Northeast push

Tie-up brings FBT six new offices across Northeastern US, creates firm with 800 lawyers and $450m in revenue

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US financial services group Equitable Holdings promotes life insurance head to CLO

Kurt Meyers, who was also previously deputy GC, replaces José Ramón González as legal chief

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Weil continues US litigation build-out with Cooley partner hire in Boston

Adam Gershenson becomes Weil’s 14th litigation partner hire since the start of 2025

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Trio of firms guide Qualtrics’ $6.75bn healthcare tech firm acquisition

Goodwin Procter and Simpson Thacher counsel Silver Lake-backed Qualtrics as Latham & Watkins acts for target Press Ganey Forsta

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UK law firms lead responsible business index as US firms slide – study

Clyde & Co, DWF, Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons and Taylor Wessing top list published by Lamp House and Chambers

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