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Willkie rehires high-profile US bankruptcy judge Shelley Chapman in New York
Chapman rejoins for her second spell at Willkie, where she will chair its new ADR practice
Goodwin Procter appoints two partners in Washington to boost trade and cyber teams
Liza Craig joins from Reed Smith and cyber specialist Kaylee Cox Bankston joins from Manatt Phelps & Phillips
Cayman Islands plans new arbitration venue on Grand Cayman in Canadian joint venture
Cayman International Mediation and Arbitration Centre and Toronto’s Arbitration Place to open new facilities in October
Morgan Lewis hires five-strong patent prosecution team from Duane Morris
Team is led by Duane Morris’s former Silicon Valley managing partner Manita Rawat
Global high-end brands to discuss US market at Luxury Law Summit Americas in New York
Event will feature speakers from a range of luxury fashion, travel and art brands
Bulgarian luxury brand BY FAR signs Kendall Jenner as first celebrity face for label's ad campaign
Holland & Knight advises on deal and related music licensing
Resourcing specialist LOD and legaltech consultancy SYKE team up to open first US office
New York launch to target lucrative US in-house market and follows 2021 strategic partnership
Adams and Reese launches practice dedicated to historically black colleges
Am Law 200 firm's new practice to advise on matters including government relations and federal funding
Baker McKenzie elects Bangkok and San Francisco partner duo to global leadership team
Peerapan Tungsuwan and Joyce Smith replace Michael Wong and Michael Santa Maria on the firm’s executive committee
Midsize US firms see demand growth outpace top 100 firms for first time since 2015 - study
Demand growth hit 1.7% in the first half of 2022 compared to a 0.2% decline for big firms
Advent hires Ropes & Gray’s global private equity head as new GC
Amanda McGrady Morrison replaces James Westra, who is retiring at the end of this year
Majority of in-house departments not prioritising transformation, study finds
ACC and DISCO survey finds that only 30% of in-house teams are investing significantly in transformation
US State interpretation and guidance on the enforceability of non-compete agreements
Barnes & Thornburg lawyers Terese Connolly and Christopher Rubey examine the factors that make non-compete agreements enforceable for luxury brand employers
Willkie hires crypto partner from Perkins Coie as it bolsters digital assets leadership
Kari Larsen to co-head digital works practice alongside Christopher Giancarlo, Aliceson Littman and Justin Browder
DLA Piper, Skadden, Kirkland advise on GIC and Oak Street’s $14bn STORE Capital purchase
DLA acts for real estate investment trust STORE Capital, while Skadden and Kirkland advise GIC and Oak Street respectively