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US real estate group Amherst hires Lendlease Americas’ GC as legal head

Peter Campbell takes over the GC role from Gabriel Steffens

Freshfields recruits senior capital markets partner in New York from Paul Hastings

Christopher DeCresce was previously vice chair of Paul Hastings’ securities and capital markets practice

Latham names successor to London managing partner Kensell

Corporate partner Ed Barnett takes over leadership of 500-lawyer office

Slaughter and May boosts NQ pay to £150k

Final Magic Circle firm to bump up salaries from £125k amid ongoing salary war

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News | UK

Hausfeld hires commercial litigation partner from Covington & Burling in London

Greg Lascelles has been involved in landmark High Court and FCA disputes and Supreme Court cases

Prominent arbitration lawyers launch new boutique in Europe

WilmerHale’s Maxi Scherer and Niuscha Bassiri of Hanotiau & van den Berg team up for ArbBoutique

Eversheds adds ex-Quinn Emanuel partner, Freshfields partner to London disputes bench

Former Quinn Emanuel UK competition co-head joins transatlantic firm alongside Freshfields’ Japan head of disputes

FedEx promotes 30-year in-house regulatory affairs veteran to become next GC

Gina Adams, who has been with FedEx since 1992, will replace retiring Mark Allen

Former ICSID secretary general launches disputes boutique with Steptoe veteran

Meg Kinnear joins forces with former Steptoe & Johnson partner Lucinda Low for new DC firm

DLA Piper launches legal delivery centre in Germany with Pinsent Masons duo

Partners Michael Zollner and Carl Renner join having co-headed Pinsents’ flexi-lawyering arm Vario in Germany

Gibson Dunn adds private equity duo in London from White & Case

Partner Will Summers joins alongside newly-minted of counsel Michael Skouras

King & Spalding, NRF navigate $500m financing for Abercrombie & Kent

Facility underwritten by Citi will assist expansion of A&K, including that of Crystal Cruises

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Deals | UK

White & Case recruits Weil partner to lead Paris restructuring team

Anne-Sophie Noury’s arrival follows team exits earlier this year from White & Case to Jones Day and Hogan Lovells

US chip-maker Credo replaces CLO for second time this year with Automation Anywhere hire

Jim Laufman replaces Kate Schuelke, who only joined from Seagate in January

Norton Rose Fulbright rings in revenue, profit rises

Europe, Middle East and Asia business hails fifth consecutive year of growth

Mathys & Squire granted access to documents in UPC transparency test case

The way the request was processed still raises ‘significant concerns’, says the firm

Sidley recruits McDermott’s Los Angeles litigation team head

Jon Dean continues Chicago firm’s Southern California growth push

IMF announces departure of its first woman GC as hunt for replacement begins

Long-time IMF lawyer Rhoda Weeks-Brown will retire at the end of September

HFW adds top-flight restructuring duo in Melbourne from Johnson Winter Slattery

Partners Paul Buitendag and Rena Solomonidis join amid sharp uptick in insolvencies in Australia

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