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Fountain Court’s Matthew Gearing KC becomes first former solicitor called to Singapore Bar
The former A&O partner joins KCs Toby Landau, Sapna Jhangiani and Jern-Fei Ng as UK appointments to the Law Society of Singapore
Skadden recruits SoFi GC, Shearman fintech co-chair to lead financial institutions regulatory group
Adam Cohen and Mark Chorazak join in New York and Washington DC respectively amid increasing US bank regulation
Space internet business AST SpaceMobile hires CLO
Andrew Johnson joins from 3D Systems, replacing outgoing GC Brian Heller
Orrick adds seven-lawyer M&A and private equity team in Italy from Shearman
Team led by partner Fabio Fauceglia joins tech-focused firm as other former Shearman Italy partners move to White & Case and Willkie
‘An important moment in Chinese IP litigation’ – Burberry celebrates trademark infringement win in ‘key market’
The Baneberry brand sold products infringing the luxury retailer’s IP in pop-up shops and online
Squire Patton Boggs adds partners across UK from four firms
Transatlantic firm boosts finance, litigation, environmental and tax bench with hires from rivals including Eversheds Sutherland and PwC
Lumen Technologies names former Sabre CLO as next legal head
Chad Ho is replacing long-time legal chief Stacey Goff, who is exiting after 26 years with the company
McDermott Will & Emery refreshes London leadership team
Aymen Mahmoud to replace Hamid Yunis as London managing partner, with Graham White named senior partner
Paul Weiss launches Latin America practice with corporate hire from Willkie Farr
M&A partner Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza joins in New York having founded and led Willkie’s LatAm practice
Willkie Farr launches in Dallas with Haynes and Boone private equity team
Partners Tom Tippetts, Brandon McCoy and Chase Proctor join from Texan firm as four Willkie private equity partners relocate
Top US patent litigation team joins Mintz from Proskauer Rose
Led by respected life sciences litigator Siegmund Gutman, the team of 10 move over from Proskauer Rose
‘London a priority’ – Davis Polk secures Paul Hastings finance co-head
Luke McDougall joins as Wall Street firm moves to build out UK leveraged finance bench
Southwest Airlines upgrades legal VP to GC as veteran legal chief steps down
Jeff Novota will replace Mark Shaw, who is moving to an advisor role after almost 24 years as CLO
Gillard and Goldsmith join speaker line-up for London International Disputes Week
Former Australian prime minister and UK secretary general will discuss state-related dispute resolution at June event
Mayer Brown agrees to split from Hong Kong partnership citing 'strategic priorities'
US firm will continue to operate in Hong Kong, but bulk of office will resurrect historic Johnson Stokes & Master brand