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US defence specialist Leidos taps Rolls-Royce for next GC
Dan Antal returns to Leidos after three years at Rolls-Royce, replacing retiring GC Jerry Howe
Q&A: fashion law in review
Foley & Lardner partner Laura Ganoza reviews 2023 and previews the top 2024 cases, deals and trends
Willkie adds Gibson Dunn partner to co-chair national white collar defence group
Former government lawyer Michael Li-Ming Wong joins in San Francisco and Palo Alto
Morrison Foerster secures ECVC partner duo in Denver from Holland & Hart
Chuck Cotter and Finity Jernigan join West Coast firm having co-chaired Holland & Hart’s food, beverage and consumer products industry group
Around the house: Jack Daniels-owner names next GC, Cargill lines up CLO replacement from HPE
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments and departures at ITN, CVC Capital Partners, Deutsche Bank and SJI
Former chief counsel to McCarthy as House Speaker joins Mayer Brown
Kimberly Hamm will lead her new firm’s congressional investigations group in Washington DC
Houston calling: Steptoe opens office as Baker McKenzie hires four-partner disputes team
Lure of energy transition boom sees Steptoe absorb an energy boutique while Bakers has raided Eversheds Sutherland
Cleary, Skadden and Goodwin chip in for Synopsys’ $35bn Ansys deal
Cleary acts for Synopsys as Skadden and Goodwin counsel Ansys in cash-and-stock deal that could attract regulatory scrutiny
A&O, Shearman tie-up likely to set tone for more merger activity this year
WarwickPlace Legal’s Robert Bata looks ahead at the trends that are likely to shape the legal market in the US, UK, Europe and beyond over the next 12 months
US appeals court sides with Apple in dispute with Masimo over medtech in watches
Ruling comes as Apple also fights potential International Trade Commission import ban of watches for infringing other Masimo patents
Around the house: State Street taps Barclays for GC, Xerox names deputy GC as new CLO
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at IAG, Parker, UFC Gym and Radiant Logistics
Kirkland, Latham advise on Chesapeake’s $7.4bn deal for Southwestern
Top M&A firms instructed on latest multibillion-dollar energy industry deal, with Wachtell Lipton also called in
US law firms see revenue and demand up but sagging productivity squeezes profits
Law firms undergo ‘sorting out’ as transactional work declines and clients shift work down market, according to new research by Thomson Reuters and Georgetown Law
US companies increasing diversity efforts even amid more vocal pushback, study finds
Littler survey shows majority of companies expanding their diversity and inclusion commitments
Wachtell, Skadden called in for Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14bn Juniper acquisition
Freshfields and Covington also advise on deal highlighting increased appetite for big ticket deals after slump in 2023