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Fourteen women make the cut in Herbert Smith Freehills’ 27-strong partner promotions round
New partners strengthen firm’s private capital, energy transition and ESG offerings
‘A new apex predator in town’ - Paul Weiss continues to target London's top tier firms for talent
Linklaters among practices in firing line as impact of New York firm’s ongoing hiring spree ripples through market
Tech innovation is expected to fuel IP filing boom over next 12 months, study finds
UnitedLex survey also shows that regulatory changes and resource constraints are weighing on IP teams
NFL team Chicago Bears raids NBA’s Miami Heat for CLO
Krista Whitaker will head the Bears’ legal department following departure of veteran GC Cliff Stein in January
Quinn Emanuel signs deal with Longford Capital to finance client litigation
Litigation funder has committed up to $40m in funding for the firm’s private equity clients
IBM taps Vanguard for next legal chief
Anne Robinson will replace long-time IBM lawyer Michelle Browdy at the start of July
Sidley sees UK revenue climb to $209.7m as global turnover tops $3bn in 2023
UK practice accounts for almost 15% of global revenue as sports and restructuring deals grow
Trowers targets private equity mandates with double partner hire from Gateley
Top 40 UK firm looks to grow lower-to-mid-market private equity work with London hires
US bill would require AI companies to disclose copyrighted work in training models
Growing prevalence of AI in creative space makes legislative guidance on use of copyrighted work to train software ‘seem inevitable’
Frost Brown Todd opens in Denver with nine partner hires from local firms
New arrivals join from Moye White, Brownstein and Lewis Roca
Profession-wide initiative launched to recognise pro bono efforts of individual UK lawyers
Scheme backed by the Lady Chief Justice will name lawyers who have done 25 hours or more free work annually
Fieldfisher relaunches in Italy with five-partner team from former ally
Top 20 UK firm opens standalone office after cutting ties with Swiss Verein firm which has rebranded as WST
ArentFox Schiff hires automotive partner quartet from Burns & Levinson
New team including veteran lawyers Paul Marshall Harris and Sara Judge will be based in Boston
WFW completes double energy partner hire from McDermott in Singapore
Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi and Merrick White’s move leaves McDermott with just one Singapore partner
Addleshaw Goddard absorbs KWM’s Madrid arm to secure Spanish launch
UK firm takes advantage of KWM’s commitment to close European network as part of alliance with Eversheds Sutherland
Apple urges US appeals court to lift import ban on watches over patent infringements
Tech giant has ‘tough road’ on claim International Trade Commission exceeded authority and made ‘defective’ patent rulings
Swiss smartwatch-maker Garmin names first new GC in more than quarter of a century
Associate GC Josh Maxfield will replace long-time GC Andrew Etkind in July
Kirkland raids Allen & Overy for second London debt finance partner in past month
Vanessa Xu’s exit follows the departure of Marwa Elborai, who left for Kirkland in March
Kingsley Napley launches arbitration practice with partner raid on boutique
James Glaysher joins UK independent firm from Candey to lead new practice
A&O Shearman announces first partner promotions round ahead of May merger
Allen & Overy accounts for 32 of the promotions and Shearman eight, with women making up 42% of the cohort
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