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Taylor Wessing’s UK managing partner elected for third term
Shane Gleghorn has overseen revenue growth of nearly £140m since taking the helm in 2018
A&O Shearman follows Magic Circle rivals in raising NQ pay to £150k
Transatlantic firm equals Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Freshfields but still lags US firms at the top of the market
Axiom Ince collapse fuels threefold hike in compensation fund levy
Regulator says proposed payment increases down to sharp rise in interventions
Tributes pour in for former leader of the Law Society of Scotland’s in-house lawyers group
Janet Hood, a Scottish licensing specialist, died suddenly last week
Wachtell, Kirkland lead on ConocoPhillips’ $22.5bn Marathon Oil acquisition
Wachtell guides ConocoPhillips as Kirkland counsels Marathon in latest energy industry mega deal
Pinsent Masons joins junior salary war, ups NQ pay to £97k
Five percent increase puts UK firm ahead of rivals including Addleshaw Goddard, Eversheds Sutherland and Bird & Bird
Elon Musk’s AI start-up hires former Airbus innovation centre GC as first legal chief
Robert Keele joined xAI earlier this month, Bloomberg reported
Seladore Legal taps BonelliErede for international arbitration partner
Laurence Shore will join the London disputes specialist in September
Cleary, DLA Piper and Sidley lead on T-Mobile’s $4.4bn buy of US Cellular’s wireless operations
Clifford Chance, Cravath and Washington DC boutique Wilkinson Barker Knauer also act in deal that will bring T-Mobile four million new customers
Xiaomi hit by FRAND lawsuits in France and India
Patent holding company Sun Patent Trust is asking the Paris Judicial Court to determine a global FRAND rate, while India will examine infringement
Paul Weiss adds former General Electric legal chief
Michael Holston joins having worked with Paul Weiss on breakup of GE into separate companies
Clifford Chance joins London salary war as it ups NQ pay to £150k
Firm matches Magic Circle rivals Freshfields and Linklaters but still lags market-topping £180k at Gibson Dunn and Quinn Emanuel
Bayer loses appeal at UK court over its blockbuster blood thinner drug
Decision upholds earlier ruling revoking patent covering the drug Xarelto, further clearing way for generic manufacturers to enter the lucrative market
Litigation funding is vital but niche provider of legal services, major study finds
Report commissioned by Legal Services Board reveals that funders back 3-5% of potential cases
US real estate company Prologis lines up CLO successor
Deputy GC Deborah Briones will replace three-decade veteran Ed Nektriz