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A&O Shearman announces first partner promotions round ahead of May merger
Allen & Overy accounts for 32 of the promotions and Shearman eight, with women making up 42% of the cohort
Freshfields, Fenwick & West advise on Johnson & Johnson’s $13.1bn acquisition of Shockwave
Purchase of heart tech-maker Shockwave Medical is latest in series of deals to bolster J&J’s cardiac health division
Skadden elevates 21 to partnership in latest promotions round
US promotions dominate this year’s cohort, though overall numbers are lower than 2023’s round
Skadden tops M&A league rankings in first quarter as deal value rebounds
Wachtell and Paul Weiss follow closely behind as megadeals contribute to 38% rise in global deal value
Canadian production house Thunderbird Entertainment promotes legal SVP to GC role
Lori Massini is replacing Sarah Nathanson, who is leaving the company this month
BCLP absorbs 12-lawyer Seattle litigation boutique Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen
New arrivals include Timothy Leyh, Randall Thomsen and Tyler Farmer, with Farmer co-leading BCLP’s Seattle office
Sidley adds PE M&A lawyer in New York from Paul Weiss
John Godfrey is the 12th Paul Weiss lawyer to decamp to Sidley in past 10 months
Skadden and Foley & Lardner tap DOJ for antitrust partner hires in Washington DC
James Fredericks is heading to Skadden, while Mark Grundvig is joining Foley
Pay frequency litigation in New York; avoiding an unfashionable trend for luxury retailers
Morrison Cohen lawyers Keith A. Markel and Alana R. Mildner Smolow discuss the increase in pay frequency lawsuits in New York, and offer guidance with state and federal cases
Tiger King copyright case against Netflix revived at US appeals court
Court leans on landmark Andy Warhol judgment to partially reverse summary judgment that found in the streaming giant’s favour
Zendesk hires former Everlaw and Google lawyer to head up legal team
Shana Simmons takes up CLO role after former GC Shanti Ariker left last year for JFrog
Tractor-maker John Deere to replace long-time GC with veteran CLO hire
Eastman Chemical CLO Kellye Walker to replace Mary Jones as legal chief next month
Paul Hastings advises on Trump-linked Truth Social SPAC merger
Nelson Mullins also advised on the deal, which propelled the value of Trump’s Truth Social stake to $4.6bn
Quality and authenticity at issue in high-profile Chanel and WGACA case
Stobbs’ Harriet Berridge breaks down the issues and confirms that the burden is on resale platforms to ensure the goods they are selling are genuine
Amazon seizes seven million counterfeit products in 2023
E-commerce giant’s report shows number of fake products jumped by a million, as it increasingly leans on AI to detect fakes