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Martin Marietta hires Cravath’s former global M&A co-chair as next GC

George Schoen will replace long-time legal head Roselyn Bar, who is retiring

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Proskauer hires three-partner PE team in Paris from Hogan Lovells

Team joins ahead of Hogan Lovells’ planned merger with Cadwalader going live at the start of July

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Law firm leaders are still predominantly men from rich countries, new analysis finds

Men hold highest offices at 80% of law firms and 60% of all justice-related organisations worldwide

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Legaltech suppliers shrug off Claude AI threat worries

Stock swoon related to new legal tool from AI developer Anthropic was a market overreaction, analysts say

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Goldman Sachs’ CLO Kathy Ruemmler to step down amid Epstein disclosures

DOJ documents show Goldman’s top lawyer received gifts from Jeffrey Epstein

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Slaughter and May creates digital regulation practice

Firm cites ‘unprecedented’ regulatory complexity for clients as digital regimes in the EU and UK come into effect and are more actively enforced

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Sullivan & Cromwell extends London growth with double finance partner hire from Paul Hastings

Patrick Bright and William Needham add expertise in capital markets and restructuring

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Thomson Reuters acquires AI-powered deal data and analytics platform Noetica

Thomson Reuters said it will integrate the AI platform into its CoCounsel offering

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South Korean biotech firm ToolGen hires CLO amid gene-editing patent battle

Dave Boncheun Koo has been hired to ‘aggressively enforce’ and monetise its IP portfolio

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Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May guide Schroders’ £9.9bn sale to Nuveen

Deal marks largest-ever acquisition of a European fund manager that will create a combined group with $2.5trn of assets under management

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LegalOn Technologies launches suite of agentic AI tools to support in-house lawyers

Company says its AI agents can expand what legal teams can accomplish

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Latham & Watkins adds private equity quartet from Clifford Chance in Paris

Group includes trio of partners: Benjamin de Blegiers, Daniel Zerbib and Gauthier Martin

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DLA Piper boosts Asia ECM coverage with Sidley Austin partner hire in Hong Kong

Sherlyn Lau joins as head of capital markets and corporate finance for the APAC region

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Latham adds litigation partner duo in Texas from Kirkland, Winston

Hires come ahead of planned office launch in Dallas, according to reports

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Shortlist unveiled for 2026 Women and Diversity in Law Awards

Ceremony hosted by The Global Legal Post will take place in London on 28 April

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