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Harvey acquires US investment firm-focused AI platform Benchmark
Deal will help further expand Harvey’s asset management capabilities
DLA Piper grows PEP nearly 20% in final year as verein
PEP reaches $4.1m as revenue climbs 8.4% to $4.6bn in last financial year before new global LLP structure came into effect
Former Bar Council chair Barbara Mills KC to receive peerage
Family specialist among peerages announced by outgoing UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer
Paul Hastings adds arbitration partner duo in Paris from White & Case
Hires follow 12-lawyer litigation team joining in Paris in 2024 from local boutique
Dutch engineering company Arcadis confirms former KLM legal head as next GC
Barbara van Koppen had been serving as interim GC since January, replacing Emily Barker in the role
Legal teams increasingly involved in CSR programmes amid growing compliance pressures - study
DEI-related litigation risk and ESG scrutiny prompting closer alignment between legal and CSR teams, according to ACCP
Law Society, Bar Council welcome proposed enhancements to UK-Switzerland free-trade deal
Fresh agreement preserves visa-free business travel and protects UK lawyers’ ability to advise clients in Switzerland without requalifying
Luxury goods insolvency case clarifies law on directors’ duties
UK Supreme Court finds good faith should govern a director’s conduct as well as their beliefs
Litera responds to Gen AI start-ups with brand refresh and platform relaunch
Chicago-based legaltech giant says integrated AI platform offers an alternative to Gen AI tools that ‘sell a feature’
Judicial Appointments Commission names next chair amid concerns over judicial diversity
Professor Lynne Berry CBE replaces Helen Pitcher OBE in the role
Legaltech charity TCLP releases free AI tool to automate drafting of environmental clauses
Legal AI and AI chatbots can access open-source library of sustainability clauses built by the Chancery Lane Project
European corporate distress rises as retailers suffer worst quarter since financial crisis - study
Weil European Distress Index shows growing financial distress across all markets it tracks during second quarter
Lowenstein Sandler launches start-up workspace to streamline business formations
Firm partners with formation workflow platform Clerky to support founders with legal tasks
Merger control guide edited by Paul Weiss team launches today
Cross-border guide is edited by co-head of antitrust Nicole Kar and senior knowledge and innovation lawyer Catherine Hammon
US biotech Biogen hires Spur Therapeutics CEO as next legal chief
Michael Parini will join in August, replacing former CLO Susan Alexander who left the company at the end of May