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Kirkland tops global 2023 M&A rankings ahead of Latham as dealmaking hits 10-year low
Deal value fell 17% in 2023 to $2.9trn with volume down 6% to 55,200
K&L Gates promotes 25 to partnership as Akin Gump makes up 13
Akin’s round sees women again dominate as K&L Gates’ shrinks from last year’s 40-strong cohort
Willkie adds private equity partner in Houston from Shearman & Sterling
Energy specialist Sarah McLean joins ahead of Shearman’s merger with Allen & Overy
Former FisherBroyles practice leaders take 130 lawyers for new spin-off firm
Pierson Ferdinand among largest law firm debuts in US history
Sidley and Latham sew up Coupang’s $500m Farfetch rescue deal
Sidley advises South Korea’s Coupang on its acquisition of troubled luxury e-commerce platform, advised by Latham
The AI Pin: fashion-forward or tech’s next big thing?
Loeb & Loeb’s Melanie Howard and Kristen Klesh discuss AI Pins and potential US regulatory implications for luxury fashion’s newest wearable tech accessory
Vans’ IP dispute with Walmart has implications for UK practitioners
The recent trademark infringement dispute between Vans and Walmart has three points of interest for UK IP lawyers, writes Mewburn Ellis’s Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher
Ropes & Gray, Milbank and Wachtell lead on $14.9bn US Steel acquisition
Milbank and Wachtell advise US Steel as Ropes & Gray counsels Japan’s Nippon Steel on its biggest acquisistion to date
Stroock: a law firm that lost control of the narrative
Merger talk leaks and predatory rivals were a symptom, not the cause of New York firm’s malaise, reports John Malpas
ESG in 2024: getting to grips with the new paradigm
Due diligence, stock exchange requirements, carbon markets and nature will be on next year's ESG agenda, write HSF’s Silke Goldberg, Ernst Muller and Tihomir Svilanovic
Quinn Emanuel makes up 14 partners in round dominated by women
Ten female lawyers make the grade, 70% of the cohort
Around the house: BP lines up legal chief replacement, Baker Hughes promotes division GC to vacant CLO role
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Volvo, Gallup, Grammarly and Aptia
Allen & Overy helps ResMed invalidate seven New York University patents
Team advising medtech company on dispute before USPTO helped found A&O’s West Coast practice
Dentons CEO Portnoy to step down after more than a decade at helm
Firm to employ consultancy to help find successor for Portnoy, whose term ends in November 2024
Sidley promotes 29 to partner in latest US-dominated round
Cohort comes close to achieving gender parity, with 14 women getting the nod