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AI legaltech start-up Manifest OS secures $60m funding at $750m valuation
Capital raise will help finance the firm’s ambition to end the billable-hour model via its operating platform for lawyers
Legora extends Series D funding round by $50m, valuing business at $5.6bn
New investors led by NVIDIA and Atlassian raise funding round to $600m
LexisNexis-owner RELX agrees to acquire French legal AI platform Doctrine
Acquisition would complement LexisNexis’s existing legal AI offering in Europe
Kirkland, Skadden, Freshfields guide €29.4bn deal for Germany’s TK Elevator
Finnish firms Hannes Snellman and Roschier also score roles in deal that marks one of Europe’s largest takeovers in recent years
Freshfields seeks to ‘co-innovate at pace’ with Anthropic partnership
Deal with Anthropic follows news that more than 5,000 Freshfields employees are using AI tools built with Google technology
Linklaters, White & Case and DLA Piper guide Porsche’s Bugatti sale
Linklaters counsels longtime client Porsche, White & Case advises Bugatti and its owner, while DLA Piper acts for acquiring consortium
LexisNexis and Luminance strike AI partnership to target in-house legal teams
Deal will enable mutual customers to access LexisNexis legal content directly inside Luminance’s contract drafting tool
Paul Weiss, Jones Day shepherd QXO’s $17bn TopBuild acquisition
Paul Weiss counsels US construction supplies distributor on largest acquisition to date as Jones Day acts for target
Trio of firms guide Pershing Square’s €55bn bid for Universal Music
Sullivan & Cromwell, White & Case and Dutch heavyweight Stibbe advise Pershing in offer to combine world’s largest music group with a blank-cheque company
Gibson Dunn, Bär & Karrer guide Marriott and Lefay Resorts in luxury wellness joint venture
As the first brand dedicated exclusively to luxury wellness in Marriott’s line-up, Lefay provides a strategic lever in the growing holistic travel sector
Where premiums will be paid: fashion and beauty M&A trends
Foley fashion and beauty lawyers Trevor Mullin, Jax England and Sarah McGrath review 2025’s key M&A deals and preview the trends for the year ahead
Businesses consistently overlook culture when assessing M&A value – study
Persistent focus on financial metrics may mask cultural integration issues that cause deals to fail, RGP research shows
ALSP Proceed to benefit from Align Capital Partners’ $405m fund close
Single asset continuation fund will help finance Proceed’s next phase of growth
Hogan Lovells, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Wachtell advise on McCormick’s $44.8bn purchase of Unilever’s food business
Deal follows Unilever’s spin out of its ice cream business last year as it refocuses on its home and personal care brands
Cooley-backed contract review start-up Crosby raises $60m in fresh funding
New York-based Crosby deploys AI and lawyers working in tandem to review contracts