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Baker McKenzie hires O’Melveny’s US M&A leader in New York
Tobias Knapp joins as co-head of global firm’s New York transactional group
Arbitration and litigation funding legislation falls as UK heads to the polls
Laws clamping down on power of Big Tech and exonerating victims of Post Office Horizon scandal rushed through
Paul Hastings, Freshfields and Addleshaws lead on Coventry Building Society’s £780m Co-op Bank acquisition
Deal to create lender with £89bn balance sheet and nearly five million customers
Boies Schiller Flexner adds IP litigation trio from Shook Hardy in DC
Three-partner hire bolsters disputes firm’s patent litigation practice in tech sector
US appeals court makes design patents easier to challenge, upending decades-old test
Closely watched decision on assessing obviousness in dispute featuring General Motors dubbed blow to design owners
US optical networking business Infinera names CLO replacement
Regan MacPherson succeeds veteran in-house counsel David Teichmann, who is moving to an advisory role
Complex global M&A deals face increased merger clearance challenges, study finds
Some 43% of cross-border transactions over the past four years failed to close due to regulatory scrutiny
US superyacht services business MarineMax appoints general counsel
Manny Alvare is promoted to GC, having previously run the legal department as VP of legal affairs
Goodwin, Covington shepherd Biogen’s $1.8bn acquisition of rare disease drugmaker
Covington counsels Biogen as Goodwin reps acquisition target Human Immunobiology Biosciences
White & Case builds in Germany with hire of capital markets partner duo from Latham
Oliver Seiler and David Rath join US firm in Frankfurt amid reports Latham restructuring partner duo are moving to Willkie Farr & Gallagher
London’s Commercial Court sees rise in international litigants despite sharp fall in number of Russians
Study finds decline in Russian litigants is offset by record numbers of Swiss and UAE users
Eversheds Sutherland to close Berlin office
Transatlantic firm asserts ambition for Germany where it will have four offices following closure
Scotch-maker William Grant hires Kingfisher deputy GC to head legal team
Isabelle Meyer will replace Catriona Macritchie, who is retiring after her second spell with the company
Mishcon de Reya’s international arbitration head to join Littleton Chambers in London
Arbitration solicitor-silk Louis Flannery KC to move across in August and be called to the Bar
Kirsty Brimelow KC elected to join first all-women Bar Council leadership team
Doughty Street silk will serve as 2025 vice chair alongside the next chair, Barbara Mills KC, and treasurer Lucinda Orr