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Travers Smith bolsters Brussels bench with hire of Mayer Brown’s London competition head
Daniel Vowden’s arrival marks fourth lateral partner hire by Travers Smith this month
‘Historic outcome’: CAT approves £260m UK collective action settlement with Google
Competition Appeal Tribunal approves deal over Play Store commissions paid by developers
Gibson Dunn adds Paul Weiss product liability co-chief in three-partner team hire
Los Angeles-based Kimberly Branscome joins as co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s product liability practice as firm expands litigation bench yet again
BT lines up former Rolls-Royce GC as next legal chief
Mark Gregory will replace Sabine Chalmers in top lawyer role in December
Jimmy Choo-owner Capri hires Tiffany & Co GC as next legal head
Catherine So fills the seat left vacant by Krista McDonough’s departure to Wella in June
Former Pogust Goodhead chief executive joins BGI in battle for control of Mariana Dam litigation
Thomas Goodhead reunites with former PG partners as October hearing looms over which firm should represent Brazilian claimants
Clio hires former Michigan Supreme Court chief justice as GM of its judiciary business
Bridget Mary McCormack will lead Clio’s commercial strategy for its courts-focused unit
Vehicle-related disputes push standalone US product liability claims to 10-year high
Lex Machina data shows total non-MDL filings reached 5,692 cases last year, a 31% year-on-year rise
White-collar crime comparative guide launches
Johnson Winter Slattery partner Robert Wyld edits latest GLP guide covering corporate crime and enforcement worldwide
Wolters Kluwer launches agentic AI outside counsel management tool
New application enables in-house legal teams to better compare law firms on cost, staffing and billing compliance
Pérez-Llorca relocates Colombian partners to New York and Madrid
Move is part of a firm-wide initiative to capitalise on recent internationalisation process
Cybersecurity spending to increase as AI-related attack threats rise, BCG report
Spending is outpacing projections as organisations respond to growing threat risk
US data centre start-up Montera hires Aligned Data Centers deputy GC as inaugural CLO
Justin Landfair will help build and lead company’s legal function
Sullivan & Cromwell opens first Middle East office in Abu Dhabi
Firm rehires Ahmed el-Gaili as a partner from Latham & Watkins to lead Middle East practice
Scotland appoints 16 new silks, with solicitor advocates taking two places
Scottish sets Axiom, Optimum and 1Six secure three appointments each in 2026 round, while three honorary KCs are also named