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Quinn Emanuel boosts London partner ranks with raid on Cadwalader

Hire of arbitration specialist Melis Acuner brings litigation firm’s UK partner count to 28

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Arbitration partner exits Kirkland & Ellis in London for disputes boutique

Signature Litigation announces 20% revenue hike as Philipp Kurek joins after 14 years at US giant

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Wachtell, Morgan Lewis latest to benefit from Big Food consolidation as JM Smucker snaps up Hostess Brands

Deal valued at $5.6bn to buy Twinkie owner follows acquisitions by Campbell Soup and Mars

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Litigation Capital Management hails ‘transformational’ year as realised income hits A$181m

Sydney-based litigation funder sees move into third-party asset management business pay off

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Allen & Overy bolsters London arbitration practice with White & Case partner hire

Construction specialist Daniel Garton adds to Magic Circle firm’s ranks ahead of Shearman merger

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Cooley appoints first woman CEO as Conroy prepares to stand down after 16 years

San Francisco corporate head Rachel Proffitt to take over in 2024; Conroy to stay on as chair

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Squire Patton Boggs adds senior corporate partner in Dubai from Baker McKenzie

Omar Momany joins having led Bakers’ UAE corporate/M&A practice

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RWK Goodman hires employment team from Ince & Co in latest round of exits


At least 15 lawyers have quit the troubled Axiom Ince group over the past week

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Winston & Strawn names new chairman after almost two decades

Global litigation co-chair Steve D’Amore to succeed veteran chair Tom Fitzgerald in June 2024

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Osborne Clarke to open in Miami to boost US arbitration and tech law strategy

Firm hires Samaniego Law’s Javier Fernández-Samaniego to head Miami office

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CPS appoints first solicitor to Director of Public Prosecutions role since 1960s

Stephen Parkinson was previously senior partner at Kingsley Napley

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The Global Legal Post launches online international Commercial Litigation and Cross-border Enforcement guide

Law Over Borders guide helps users navigate commercial disputes in array of key jurisdictions

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US appeals court breathes fresh life into ‘Impossible’ trademark lawsuit

Ninth Circuit revises case for lack of personal jurisdiction involving Impossible Foods and Impossible X, run by ‘digital nomad’

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Irwin Mitchell names new group chief executive officer

COO Craig Marshall takes the helm following death of former CEO Andrew Tucker last month

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Around the house: US Foods ends hunt to fill vacant GC role, Maximus raids GE Aerospace for GC replacement

This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Sonder, Dave, Tanger Outlets and Spearmint Energy

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