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Top legal marketing and BD figures to explore trust building at London summit
Law Firm Marketing Summit will take place at RSA House on 15 October
Judge reprimanded for love letter to step down as CAT president
Mr Justice Marcus Smith will be replaced by former president Sir Peter Roth on an interim basis
Bitcoin start-up Thesis hires former Cooley lawyer as GC
Katherine Snow joins from crypto data platform Messari, where she was CLO
Skadden tops global Q3 M&A table as total deal value jumps by 16%
Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins follow closely behind as megadeals contribute to strengthening market
Bowmans absorbs A&O Shearman’s South Africa legal team team in Johannesburg
Group including eight partners moves over as A&O Shearman winds down Johannesburg office
IBA endorses first international treaty on AI governance
Support for European convention on AI builds on IBA’s AI report launched at annual conference in Mexico City last month
O’Melveny adds senior private equity duo in London from Ashurst
Ashurst’s PE co-chair David Carter and UK/European PE head Braeden Donnelly join US firm
Women KCs celebrate 75th anniversary of first appointments
Lady Chief Justice hosts event to mark progress since first two women took silk in 1949
Verizon persuades court to throw out $847m 5G patent infringement verdict
US judge grants retrial as jury’s verdict is ‘against the great weight of the evidence’
Huel and WeTransfer-backer Highland Europe hires GC from Osborne Clarke
Josephine Healy replaces Rini Banerjee, who left the VC fund back in April
US rail operator Amtrak promotes deputy GC to replace retiring legal chief
Byl Herrmann succeeds Eleanor Acheson, who has been in the role since 2007
Kirkland elevates 200 to partnership in latest round, with bulk of promotions in the US
Latest partner intake is down 2% on 2023’s record-breaking round
Schillings launches in Dublin
First European branch for London defamation, privacy and reputation management specialist
Geradin Partners recruits team for Finland debut
Third office launch this year for competition specialist
Squire Patton Boggs, McDermott add corporate and M&A partners in London
Former Goodwin counsel Ben Morgan joins SPB, while Sebastien Bonneau joins McDermott from Eversheds
‘Surprise’ ruling in Germany as court sides with AI outfit in image copyright spat
Decision sets a precedent as it broadens the scope of lawful data use for AI training
Burns & Levinson announces closure
Boston stalwart to shutter following raids from larger rivals
Senior roles for women at Mexican law firms rank lowest among sectors
While women account for 39% of lawyers at law firms in Mexico, just 17% occupy senior roles, an IBA report finds
Hogan Lovells bolsters capital markets practice with double partner hire from Linklaters
Íñigo Berrícano joins in Madrid and Alex Parkhouse joins in London
Jenner & Block names new co-managing partner
DC partner Ishan Bhabha to succeed Katya Jestin at the start of next year
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