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Soft skills shine in a fractured, AI-driven legal world, GCs say at IBA’s 23rd annual global M&A conference
Corporate legal leaders from Sony, Coursera, Hitachi, ITOCHU and Standard Industries say listening skills and judgement will drive success as legal departments confront geopolitical volatility, AI disruption and changing expectations
Newly-formed Winston Taylor names first Paris head, hires Gibson Dunn PE partner
Grine Lahreche to lead new transatlantic firm’s 19-partner Paris arm as Patrick Ledoux joins from Gibson Dunn
US cyber, data privacy and AI corporate litigation risk increasing faster than expected – survey
Norton Rose Fulbright’s midyear litigation pulse survey highlights greater disputes exposure for energy, healthcare, tech and finance companies
IBA launches Artificial Intelligence Institute to focus on responsible AI governance
Initiative spearheaded by IBA presidents Jaime Carey and Claudio Visco, with Farzana Dudhwala serving as its first director
Legora expands European presence with Madrid, Milan and Paris office openings
London engineering hub also to be established as firm races to meet growing European demand
Innsworth loses judicial review challenge to Mastercard settlement
Walter Merricks hails ‘total victory’ as High Court dismisses funder’s challenge to distribution of £200m settlement
McDermott continues London litigation growth with Brown Rudnick partner hire
Jessica Lee brings crypto and blockchain expertise to firm’s London disputes bench
Trio of firms guide GSK’s $10.6bn US cancer drug maker buy
Davis Polk and Slaughter and May advise GSK as Ropes & Gray counsels target Nuvalent
AI patent platform start-up DeepIP acquires German AI assistant PatentMaker
DeepIP is seeking to accelerate how AI shapes patent workflows across Europe
Kennedys tops £450m revenue as North America and APAC fuel growth
Insurance heavyweight ups revenue 9.1% as it eyes becoming a billion-dollar law firm by 2030
Rising tax compliance and complexity impacting global businesses – study
Deloitte survey shows more than eight in 10 businesses expect a greater public tax disclosure burden within the next three years
Cinnabon-owner GoTo Foods hires GC from asset manager Pretium
Ama Romaine replaces Sarah Powell, who left to join Planet Fitness last year
Seyfarth launches in Miami with ex-Littler shareholder
Juan Carlos Varela joins as office managing partner and chair of Seyfarth’s Latin America practice alongside two other Venezuelan-American attorneys
Kilpatrick Townsend launches AI lab for attorneys and clients
Kilpatrick Labs is running 15 projects, including litigation monitoring and billing automation systems
US public broadcasting non-profit PBS names acting CLO as permanent legal chief
Longtime PBS lawyer Jill Patrone replaces Katherine Lauderdale as the organisation’s legal chief