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Capstone Green Energy names legal chief amid post-bankruptcy rebuilding efforts
Former JAFRA Cosmetics GC Mark Funaki will lead the microturbine-maker’s legal team
HFW hits Eversheds Sutherland for international arbitration team in Paris
Partners Julien Fouret and Gaëlle Le Quillec join alongside a senior associate
Litigation funding bill to enter committee stage amid ECHR concerns
Retrospective nature of legislation to ensure enforceability of litigation funding agreements faces detailed scrutiny
Saudi Aramco hires former Haleon legal chief as deputy GC
Bjarne Philip Tellmann joins the world’s largest oil producer, where he will oversee global compliance
DLA Piper unveils 63-strong partner promotion round
Trimmed down cohort brings firm closer to goal of 30% female partnership by 2025
Former Clifford Chance arbitration head departs for Twenty Essex
Audley Sheppard KC is latest leading practioner to become an independent arbitrator
Goodwin swoops on Travers for London private equity partner duo
Ian Keefe and George Weevil latest partners to switch firms as lateral hiring spree across City continues
Teletubbies-owner WildBrain appoints media veteran as next GC
Former Entertainment One GC Mark Trachuk replaces James Bishop, who has joined High Liner Foods
Gateley affiliate Austen Hays launches class action against Grindr, advised by Cooley
High Court Claim alleges misuse of highly sensitive information including about HIV status
Stewarts’ partner count nears treble figures as firm promotes six
Disputes firm caps year of growth with women-majority promotions round
Baker McKenzie hires nine Munger Tolles partners in Los Angeles
Global giant targets West Coast deal work with 17-strong transactional team including two counsel joining as partners
UK Supreme Court refuses Marks & Clerk permission to appeal in secret commissions case
Trial expected next January as judges say appeal bid ‘does not raise an arguable question of law’ over group claims
Jones Day hires finance partner from Baker McKenzie in Australia
Alastair Gourlay joins in Sydney, while London partner Lewis Grimm is heading to Melbourne in August
Paul Hastings opens in Boston with private equity team from Sidley Austin
Sidley’s former private equity co-head, Alexander Temel, joins as global PE co-chair alongside team of lawyers
Ashurst unveils another record promotions round as 30 make partner
Women make up half of internal partner promotions at Anglo Australian firm over five-year rolling average