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Walkers elevates 20 to partner in largest overall promotions round in 60-year history
Women make up half of the partner promotions, with 15 lawyers also promoted to senior counsel
Jenner & Block adds mass torts team in Chicago from Mayer Brown
Partners Richard Bulger and Daniel Ring join with three more lawyers, will co-chair Jenner’s mass torts practice
Value of new ICC disputes hits record $102bn in 2024, study shows
Construction, engineering and energy disputes dominate, while Europe remains most active region
Federal judge throws out executive order against Susman Godfrey
Ruling marks BigLaw’s fourth victory over Trump after similar orders against Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale were overturned in May
McDermott, Schulte agree $2.8bn merger
Combination set to go live on 1 August, creating top-20 US firm by revenue with more than 1,750 lawyers
Latham & Watkins hires former deputy assistant attorney general in Washington DC
Andrew Forman joins after nearly three years in Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division
Baker McKenzie completes 2025 partner promotions with 41-strong international round
Summer tally follows 18 Americas promotions in January with the overall proportion of women dipping slightly to 47%
IP specialist Fish & Richardson promotes chief legal risk officer to GC role
Elham Dehbozorgi is replacing Roger Feldman, who is retiring after more than two decades at the firm
Casey Ryan to extend tenure as Reed Smith’s global managing partner
Ryan ran unopposed and will begin new four-year term on 1 January 2026
Latham & Watkins hires top M&A partner from Wachtell in New York
Zach Podolsky’s departure from Wachtell marks a rare lateral move away from elite US firm
Vinson & Elkins makes trio of US partner hires from Kirkland & Ellis and Baker Botts
New recruits include funds partners Samuel Francis and Reed Schuster and finance lawyer Caitlin Lawrence
AI platform Genesys to promote GC to CLO role as veteran legal chief steps down
Allen Chiu will replace Jim René, who has been CLO since Genesys was sold by Alcatel-Lucent in 2012
LexisNexis and AI platform Harvey strike legaltech partnership deal
Strategic alliance will allow Harvey users to tap into LexisNexis’s AI-assisted legal content
Group of four former US federal enforcers set up antitrust plaintiff boutique
Simonsen Sussman co-founded by three ex-FTC lawyers and DOJ attorney
US Appeals court upends $300m jury verdict against Apple for SEP infringement
Court found that the format of the verdict form was flawed