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Lech Walesa joins line up of keynote speakers at IBA’s Paris annual conference
Headline speakers also include former OpenAI director Zack Kass and Meta oversight board co-chair Helle Thorning Schmidt
City of London social mobility alliance announces key partnerships
Initiative backed by the City of London Law Society is seeking to increase the number of solicitor apprentices
EPO not consulted on standard essential patent reform, says president
António Campinos says European Commission’s proposed changes are “ill-suited” to achieving stated goals
White & Case names new executive partner in London
Inigo Esteve succeeds Dipen Sabharwal as head of US firm’s 500-plus lawyer London office amid wider leadership reshuffle
Paul Weiss, Wachtell shepherd Chevron’s $53bn Hess Corp mega merger
Deal marks second major transaction in oil industry this month
Taylor Wessing names next UK senior partner
Private wealth sector head Nick Warr to succeed Dominic FitzPatrick in January
Brown Rudnick secures Mishcon de Reya’s banking disputes head in London
Derval Walsh joins hot on the heels of commercial litigator Robin Pickworth’s move from Armstrong Teasdale
Law firm marketing and BD teams spend more time on firefighting than strategy, study finds
Law firms also lack sufficient investment in their marketing and business development teams
White & Case is fastest-growing law firm in Africa since 2019, study finds
US firm grew African headcount 177% between 2019 and 2022, according to Africa Legal
Freshfields, Skadden lead on Deutsche Bahn’s Arriva sale to I Squared Capital
Freshfields acts for Deutsche Bahn in deal valuing Arriva at reported €1.6bn
Israel’s top law firms seek legal help over war from international lawyers
Digital platform launched to collect details of individuals and firms willing to assist
UK’s Competition Appeals Tribunal approves consolidation of Google claims in ad tech litigation
Lawyers say move sets an important precedent and is a ‘milestone’ for the UK’s opt-out regime
Stephenson Harwood adds shipping team from Ince Hong Kong
Paul Ho takes seven lawyers to UK firm, becomes third partner to exit Ince HK this month
Senior London fraud partner quits Allen & Overy for London boutique Enyo
News of Andy McGregor’s departure follows Friday’s merger vote to create A&O Shearman
Around the house: NFL team Buffalo Bills dismisses GC and names interim, UK fusion energy pioneer hires former Rolls Royce counsel
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Enbridge, Lyra Therapeutics, Rocket Software and Arival Bank