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Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills steer Mars’ £534m Hotel Chocolat acquisition
Freshfields acts for longtime client Mars as HSF counsels AIM-listed Hotel Chocolat
McDermott snaps up White & Case’s former Brussels head
Axel Schulz adds depth to competition team following retirement of heavyweight Philip Bentley KC
UK Supreme Court rules Rwanda asylum policy unlawful
Baker McKenzie, Freshfields and Allen & Overy among firms helping to challenge controversial policy
Womble Bond Dickinson hires trademark duo from Cozen O’Connor in New York
Transatlantic firm ‘rounds out’ IP capability at recently launched office
CMS expands in Scandinavia through tie-up with top 10 Swedish firm
International firm adds 150-lawyer Wistrand to network two years after joining forces with Norway’s Kluge
SRA defends oversight of Axiom Ince and promises review of ‘accumulator firm’ supervision
Regulator says it uncovered ‘sophisticated’ suspected dishonesty including ‘falsified bank statements and letters’
Gibson Dunn opens in Riyadh with team from White & Case
US firm follows up Abu Dhabi launch earlier this year with Saudi Arabia move as it continues to grow rapidly in the Gulf
SFO makes seven arrests amid dawn raids in connection with Axiom Ince collapse
More than 80 investigators involved in operation sparked by discovery of £66m hole in client accounts
High Court finds for telecoms companies in Phones4U litigation
Hogan Lovells, Covington, Clifford Chance, Mishcon and Linklaters secure wins in blockbuster competition case
Paul Weiss adds O’Melveny partner to co-chair financial services group
Bank regulatory lawyer Jarryd Anderson joins in Washington DC and New York having also worked at Wells Fargo and TD Bank
Arbitration survey highlights concern over use of AI for legal texts and adjudications
Report highlights growing awareness of AI’s benefits, but flags need for regulation and disclosure
Addleshaw Goddard adds energy team in Germany from EY law
UK firm continues European expansion push with hire of seven-strong team led by EY Law’s German energy practice head
Pinsent Masons expands Dublin IP practice with new lead
Data specialist Maureen Daly joins from Beauchamps as Pinsents moves to build Europe tech and science sector offering
Kirkland secures tax partner from Linklaters in London
James Morgan’s hire follows 12-partner raid on Kirkland by Paul Weiss that included two London tax partners
Harneys hires Walkers partner to lead expanded London litigation and insolvency offering
John O’Driscoll joins having led Walkers’ London insolvency and dispute resolution team