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Nominees unveiled for the Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2027
Deadline for entries set for 4 December ahead of awards ceremony in April
Cravath promotes 11 to partner in largest round for six years
Five make the grade in Cravath’s corporate department and six move up in the litigation practice
US AI-powered hybrid law firm start-up Athena raises $2.5m in pre-seed funding round
Start-up was co-founded in August by former Legora employees Cem Ucan and Kieran John Keenan
BCLP hires IP specialist in Riyadh from the Saudi Water Authority
Zayd Alathari joins as a partner in BCLP’s corporate department
A&O Shearman boosts AI programme with ‘$1.1bn lawyer-led’ investment commitment
Five-year investment plan will see every practice expected to invest at least 3% of its time building specialist AI tools and services
Five judges elected to ICJ, including first Briton in nine years and first Singaporean
Oxford professor Dapo Akande and Singaporean diplomat Rena Lee secure nine-year terms following UN ballots in New York
Addleshaw Goddard pushes Europe growth with 20-strong Taylor Wessing hire
Four-partner team spanning corporate and M&A, private equity, restructuring and insolvency joins in Munich
Anderson Mori plans US debut with two Texas offices
Firm plans launches in Dallas and Houston next spring, as top Japanese law firms move to capitalise on the influx of Japanese investment into the US
‘No longer a stable, slow-moving discipline’: The Global Legal Post launches corporate governance guide
Guide, edited by A&O Shearman partner Doreen Lilienfeld, explores how evolving governance requirements are creating risks and opportunities for multinational businesses
Gibson Dunn set to hire up to 120 Weil funds lawyers across US, UK
Practice co-heads among those set to join top 10 US firm in one of legal profession’s largest-ever lateral moves
Harvey partners with trio of Italian legal publishers to expand legal content coverage
Collaboration with publishers Simone, Il Foro Italiano and Juranet adds Italian legal data to Harvey’s platform
Stephenson Harwood expands energy practice with London partner hire
Former Osborne Clarke partner Matthew Bodfield joins to boost energy transition coverage
Heathrow appoints former Rio Tinto deputy CLO as legal head on permanent basis
Steve Allen joined Heathrow as interim GC in July before being made CLO at the start of this month
Kennedys debuts in Dallas with aviation boutique team hire
UK-headquartered firm continues US growth push with 14-lawyer team recruited from Cunningham Swaim for third Texas office
Wilson Sonsini, Davis Polk guide Marvell’s $115bn Lumentum deal
Wilson Sonsini guides Marvell in one of the tech industry’s largest deals, as Davis Polk acts for optical components maker Lumentum