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Skadden tops M&A league rankings in first half as deal value rebounds
Paul Weiss and Latham & Watkins follow closely behind as megadeals contribute to 18% rise in global deal value
US security business Allegion lines up replacement for GC
Ingevity GC Stacy Cozad to succeed Jeff Braun, who is retiring later this year
Linklaters points to US revenue growth as turnover climbs 10% to hit £2.1bn
Performance comes in landmark year for UK Magic Circle as A&O Shearman merger beds down
Latham, S&C among raft of firms guiding Paramount’s $28bn Skydance merger
Ropes, Cravath and Simpson Thacher also acting in deal to intended to turn Hollywood icon into a tech-media hybrid
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer names Matrix Chambers barrister as attorney general
Richard Hermer KC takes over brief from shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry
Unified Patent court invalidates Dexcom diabetes patent
Glucose monitoring patent revoked across 17 UPC member states in ongoing dispute with rival Abbott
Robocar start-up Glydways hires former Electronic Arts lawyer as first legal chief
JoAnn Covington most recently served as CLO at electric bus-maker Proterra
High Court slashes ‘staggering’ £343m claimants’ costs budget in dieselgate litigation
Landmark ruling effectively reduces total costs budget for claimants and defendants – including expenses already incurred – from £650m to £388m
Baker McKenzie, Linklaters lead on Carlsberg’s £3.3bn Britvic acquisition
Bakers counsels Carlsberg in deal to help Danish brewer expand beyond beer
Gibson Dunn secures privacy partner in London from Goodwin
Lore Leitner brings experience in GDPR-driven privacy compliance programmes as US firms cite growing demand from clients for data security and AI advice
Willkie Farr, Sullivan & Cromwell counsel Saks owner and Neiman Marcus Group in $2.65bn retail luxury acquisition
Deal marks efforts to boost the combined brands’ ability to compete in the luxury market
Mahmood crowned lord chancellor as UK lawyers win and lose in Labour landslide
Barrister Shabana Mahmood first Muslim to be appointed to the role as Labour’s victory sees trio of current and former Conservative lord chancellors swept aside
Raft of City firms up NQ salaries amid ongoing pay war
HSF, DLA Piper and HFW among firms to boost pay as Paul Weiss introduces new UK training contract that dishes out market-topping £180k to its NQs
Australian social housing non-profit Home in Place hires ex-Thorn Group GC as company secretary
Alexandra Rose left Thorn Group at the end of last year following the sale of its commercial finance business
Proskauer scoops two partners apiece from A&O Shearman and Cahill in London
A&O’s former banking co-head Philip Bowden among banking and finance quartet