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Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Linklaters advise on Volkswagen’s €7.4bn majority-stake sale of marine engine unit to Bain

Volkswagen sells 51% stake in marine engine-maker Everllence to US private equity firm Bain Capital

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Kennedys builds US bench with 12-lawyer trial team from Tyson & Mendes

Four partners join in New York alongside eight further lawyers; together the team has tried more than 200 cases

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Kennedys hits Clyde & Co in London for aviation partner

Rob Ireland returns after a decade at Clydes, bringing more than 25 years’ experience handling complex aviation liability and contentious matters

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Fish & Richardson launches proprietary AI patent tool to support patent workflows

Tool built in-house designed to help lawyers deliver for clients’ IP portfolios

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Pogust Goodhead teams up with Quinn Emanuel for next phase of Mariana Dam litigation

Firms are acting for claimants against BHP in one of the largest group actions in English legal history

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Which? advances multibillion-pound class action against Apple

CAT grants collective proceedings order amid claims that US tech giant abused its dominant position in relation to its iCloud storage product

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Baker McKenzie completes 2026 partner promotions with 30-strong international round

Summer tally follows 17 Americas promotions in January with the overall number the smallest for the firm in the past decade

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‘If you take a crap process and put AI on top of it, it will still be crap’: LegalTechTalk speakers reflect on the Gen AI boom

Nick Huber detects a mood of excitement and anxiety at last week’s LegalTechTalk conference in London

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US sports betting app Novig hires ex-CFTC lawyer as chief regulatory and legal affairs officer

Elie Mishory will work alongside chief legal officer Alex Wolf

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Legal education firm BARBRI acquires AI learning tool provider Lega

Lega’s AI training platform provides practical experiences, workshops and simulations

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CLM software developer Agiloft hires GC from Mitsubishi HC Capital America

Kristin Knox Esche replaces CLO Jason Barnwell, who was promoted to chief product officer

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Ashurst revenue rises 11% to £1.15bn ahead of Perkins Coie merger

Anglo-Australian firm underlines ‘strong financial foundation’ as it prepares to merge with West Coast US firm

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Ropes & Gray recruits Paul Weiss financial services co-chief in Washington DC

Jarryd Anderson joins as head of financial services with federal reserve and deal experience, as bank M&A activity rebounds

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Legaltech firm Consilio strikes strategic partnership with legal AI start-up Eudia

Collaboration will deliver jointly developed AI tools built on Eudia’s Expert Digital Twins tech

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Kirkland, Gibson Dunn, Baker Botts guide building materials giant CRH’s $8.5bn Arcosa buy

Kirkland counsels Ireland’s CRH with Gibson Dunn and Baker Botts across the table in deal that will expand its exposure to US infrastructure ​demand

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