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Kessler Topaz name partner retires after 28 years
Plaintiff lawyer David Kessler was lead counsel in landmark Tyco class action
Kennedys senior partner Nick Thomas to step down after 27 years at helm
Thomas, who will stay on as a partner, will oversee process to appoint successor in January
Kirkland, Freshfields, Bredin Prat called in for €16bn sale of Sanofi’s consumer health arm
Sale to US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice comes as investors anticipate more and larger European PE buyouts
Cooley recruits Gowling’s London life sciences head
Jenny Davies joins as a partner in Cooley’s London life sciences partnering and licensing practice
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