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Number of legal professionals using Gen AI jumps sharply over past year, study shows

Thomson Reuters survey shows that 26% of legal professionals are using Gen AI, up from 14% a year ago

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Appleby partner achieves rare honour of BVI silk award

Andrew Willins is first KC to be appointed in BVI since 2013

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Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 19 lawyers to partnership

Cohort is down significantly compared to 2024 as HSF prepares for US merger

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Fenwick opens Boston office with trio of Cooley partners

Silicon Valley-based firm adds to its East Coast presence as it targets city’s tech and life sciences sectors

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Five more firms ink deal with Trump as Susman Godfrey sues

Kirkland, Latham, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher and Cadwalader to provide combined $600m in pro bono legal work to avoid executive orders

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Skadden, Wachtell called in for Versace’s $1.4bn sale to Prada Group

Skadden guides Prada as Wachtell counsels Versace owner Capri Holdings, which bought the Italian luxury stalwart for $2.15bn in 2018

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Susman Godfrey latest to be hit with executive order

Litigation firm vows to fight “unconstitutional” order

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Honeywell promotes international business GC to legal chief role

Su Ping Lu replaces Anne Madden, who is taking on a new role with Honeywell

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Sullivan & Cromwell tops global M&A rankings after strongest start for deal-making in three years

New York firm comfortably ahead of Davis Polk & Wardwell and Freshfields in second and third spot respectively

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Jenner & Block, WilmerHale seek to permanently block executive orders

Firms file for summary judgment against what Jenner called a ‘plain violation’ of First Amendement

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Cravath PE co-head defects to Sidley Austin in New York

Dave Perkins moves over after nearly 20 years at Wall Street stalwart

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US judge refuses OpenAI’s motion to dismiss New York Times copyright infringement claims

Part of a wave of litigation engulfing tech firms over using material to train AI models

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Simpson Thacher, Paul Weiss, NRF guide Woodside’s $5.7bn LNG asset stake sale to Stonepeak

Simpson Thacher, Paul Weiss counsel infrastructure-focused PE firm Stonepeak as Norton Rose Fulbright acts for Australia’s Woodside

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Brown Rudnick opens in Los Angeles with four-partner team hire

Entertainment, disputes and corporate lawyers join from local firm to found seventh US office

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