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London set 7 King’s Bench Walk lures ex-Harneys partner out of retirement
Peter Ferrer, who was based in Harneys’ British Virgin Islands office, returns to London as part of the move
London law firm private equity partner hires almost double in 2025 – report
Legal headhunters Macrae says activity reflects shift in how firms are looking to build sponsor-facing teams
Baroness Harman to speak at conference on impact of employment reforms on legal sector
Change Management Present and Future conference to explore Employment Rights Act 2025’s safeguards against workplace harassment
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
Majority of US business leaders not confident they could pass AI audit – study
Grant Thornton report says AI governance gaps are fuelling AI underperformance
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
US drug-maker Ardelyx hires long-time Bristol Myers Squibb lawyer as next CLO
Felecia Ettenberg is set to replace Elizabeth Grammer, who is retiring
Gibson Dunn hits Sullivan & Cromwell for four-partner appellate litigation team led by Jeffrey Wall
Wall and team member Morgan Ratner have been representing President Donald Trump in his appeal of a conviction of falsifying business records
Solicitors Regulation Authority announces leadership overhaul amid PM Law collapse scrutiny
Regulator to expand its executive team while making permanent City legal hire
Monckton Chambers adds honorary silk from Italian firm LMS in London
Arbitration and competition lawyer and leading academic Renato Nazzini KC (Hon) will join the set this month
Addleshaw Goddard makes up 17 partners
Cohort spans the UK, Europe and the Middle East, including two in newly added Warsaw office
US general counsel compensation edges up as gender pay gap widens – study
Median GC salaries rose by 3.5% compared to 2.5% in 2025, according to BarkerGilmore
Littelfuse hires former Hilton GC as next chief legal officer
Anne-Marie D’Angelo will replace Ryan Stafford as legal head at the start of next month
Sullivan & Cromwell apologises for AI hallucinations in letter to US court
Opposing counsel Boies Schiller Flexner raised AI error issues in bankruptcy case
Lumen Technologies appoints third CLO in three years
Jennifer Hodges, who joined in January from Liberty Global, replaces Mark Hacker in the role