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Morgan Lewis hires five-lawyer trade team in Paris from Hughes Hubbard
Move follows Morgan Lewis hiring senior trade partner in Washington DC from Hughes Hubbard last September
Corporate AI adoption is moving faster than compliance can keep up – study
Nearly seven in 10 organisations’ governance controls are failing to keep pace with AI adoption, according to Thoropass survey
Harvey secures bumper $200m funding round to hit $11bn valuation
Legal AI platform attracts fresh backing from investors including Sequoia, GIC and Andreessen Horowitz
UK-listed Knights in talks to acquire leading South East firm
Deal to buy £42m-turnover Moore Barlow would be largest acquisition to date
Ropes & Gray hires eight-lawyer M&A and PE team in Paris from Latham
Group led by three veteran Latham partners significantly expands Paris office Ropes opened last year targeting private capital work
Medtech business QuidelOrtho hires STAAR Surgical legal head as CLO
Nathaniel Sisitsky replaces Michelle Hodges, who is retiring from the company
Reed Smith turnover approaches $1.6bn as PEP tops $2m
Solid performance across private equity, finance and litigation help drive record results for Pittsburgh-based firm
AI-powered legal support start-up Soxton acquires AI security firm Cipher
Deal marks Soxton’s first acquisition since it was founded a year ago
Almost half of legal departments failing to contribute towards corporate goals, C-suite execs say
Fewer than one in five C-Suite executives believe legal is a ‘significant contributor’, Thomson Reuters survey shows
Ashurst hires US finance partner quartet from Bracewell in New York
Four-strong debt finance and restructuring team bolster ranks ahead of proposed merger with Perkins Coie
HSF Kramer adds Paul Hastings M&A partner trio in New York
Robert Leung joins as Americas head of energy, mining and infrastructure alongside Mike Huang and Daniel Grossman
Kavanagh wins second term as HFW senior partner
Giles Kavanagh to begin second four-year term this April having overseen revenue growth of more than 20% since 2022
Germany’s TK Elevator hires first CLO from Swedish steel company SSAB
Lars Sjobring will join as company’s top lawyer in May
Legal data intelligence firm Relativity confidentially files for US IPO
Proposed Relativity share sale would be first legaltech IPO since 2021
Harvey enlists Gibson Dunn AI practice group co-head for senior strategy role
Former Google lawyer Keith Enright will join legal AI platform as chief strategy officer