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Mastercard CLO departs for Coherent as payments giant names new GC
Rob Beard leaves card giant after just under 15 months, with Americas GC Tiffany Hall promoted to GC
Raft of firms called in for $14.5bn Nord Anglia acquisition
Latham, Cravath, Ropes and Debevoise act on international school operator’s acquisition by consortium
DIAC heralds modernisation programme as cases and diversity grow
Annual report records 4.4% increase in cases in 2023 as dust settles on sweeping reform programme
Kirkland marks first structured finance hire in London
Chicago giant replenishes London ranks following raids by Paul Weiss; also hires structured credit partner from Milbank in New York
European Law Institute calls for ‘light-touch’ litigation funding regulation
Excessive regulation could lead to funders exiting the market, potentially reducing access to justice, ELI study suggests
US network TV business Tegna makes second CLO hire in less than a year
Alex Tolston comes in to replace Lauren Fisher, who exited the company in September
Biotech start-up Trilobio wins injunctions against former CFO in trade secret theft dispute
Californian court finds ‘strong likelihood’ that ex-employee took trade secret information to benefit his own company
Paul Hastings adds four partner employment group in New York from Baker McKenzie
Team boosts Paul Hastings’ complex workplace litigation offering
HFW adds construction lawyer from Clifford Chance in Perth
Arrival of disputes specialist Sean Marriott continues expansion of UK firm’s global construction group
Skadden to close in Shanghai, cut roles in China corporate practice
New York firm latest of a string of leading international practices to scale back in China
Paul Weiss raids Kirkland’s London funds team again for latest partner hire
Revathi Raghavan is fifth partner to join Paul Weiss this year in London from Kirkland’s investment funds team
A&O Shearman ‘moving to all-equity partnership’
Merged firm is reportedly adopting a three-level modified lockstep
White & Case promotes 37 to partner as intake dips
The number of new women partners also fell, accounting for 22% of the total compared to 36% last year
4 Stone Buildings rings changes with new leadership and clerking co-heads
Shake-up will see hugely respected senior clerk David Goddard take consultancy role
Dentons signs up four African firms
Global giant to combine with firms in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Senegal and the DRC
Houston-based Brock Group hires GC from Booster
Shenna Bradshaw brings 15-years of in-house experience across the industrials sector
O’Melveny expands in Singapore with M&A partner duo from Hogan Lovells
Stephanie Keen and Sylvia Taslim bring significant pan-Asia transactions experience
GSK sues Moderna over Covid and RSV vaccines
Latest lawsuits in mounting patent litigation over vaccines against the two viruses
Japan’s Nishimura & Asahi to open in London and Brussels
Offices set to open early next year with mix of Japanese and local lawyers
Paul Hastings further expands Washington office with litigation hire from Kirkland
Ronald Anguas follows in footsteps of litigation partner Benjamin Synder, who joined firm in Washington last week
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