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Around the house: US Foods ends hunt to fill vacant GC role, Maximus raids GE Aerospace for GC replacement
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Sonder, Dave, Tanger Outlets and Spearmint Energy
Burford-backed claimants secure ‘extraordinary win’ after $16bn New York judgment against Argentina
Litigation funder due payout running into billions as CEO hails ‘major milestone’
Womble Bond Dickinson to open in Denver with partner duo from Hogan Lovells
Latest US office launch will be led by new partners Scot Anderson and Ana Maria Gutiérrez
Raft of top-tier firms advise on Smurfit Kappa’s $11bn acquisition of WestRock
Advisers include Matheson, Freshfields, Wachtell, Clifford Chance, Cravath and Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss unveils 13-partner transatlantic team after swoop on rival Kirkland
Team includes one partner from Linklaters as Wall Street firm also commits to new LA arm
Arnold & Porter adds five-partner product liability team in Houston and DC
Veteran litigators join amid uptick in federal and state regulatory scrutiny facing product manufacturers
Around the house: ADM taps Baker Hughes for GC, Moody’s hands GC role to long-serving in-house lawyer
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Swarovski, Cox Enterprises, Ceribell and Intact Financial Corporation
NFTs: luxury retail’s new frontier
Luxury lawyers Maria Luigia Franceschelli and Ghada Qaisi Audi examine the viability of digital and ‘phygital’ asset strategies in an evolving luxury world
Google escapes $15.1m jury verdict in dispute over audio patents
Judge throws out jury verdict ruling that the plaintiff didn’t provide enough evidence to support claim
Norton Rose Fulbright’s global CEO Gerry Pecht steps down early and retires from partnership
US and EMEA managing partners to lead global giant for interim period
Pérez-Llorca boosts New York arm with hire of arbitration specialist from White & Case
Arrival of Felipe Nazar as a partner adds disputes to office’s capabilities in corporate and tax
Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss advise on Roark Capital’s acquisition of Subway
Deal could value US fast food chain at about $9.55bn subject to financial performance, according to reports
ABA appoints new co-chair of influential arbitration committee
Senior AAA-ICDR arbitrator Luis Martinez takes up leadership of ABA’s international arbitration committee
McDermott adds former EY general counsel in New York from Gibson Dunn
Ron Hauben to co-head McDermott’s accounting defence practice as accounting firms face increased regulatory scrutiny
Skadden Arps, Latham called in for Danaher’s $5.7bn Abcam acquisition
Skadden advises US medical giant Danaher as Latham acts for UK’s Abcam in all-cash deal