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UK-listed Knights in talks to acquire leading South East firm
Deal to buy £42m-turnover Moore Barlow would be largest acquisition to date
Ropes & Gray hires eight-lawyer M&A and PE team in Paris from Latham
Group led by three veteran Latham partners significantly expands Paris office Ropes opened last year targeting private capital work
Medtech business QuidelOrtho hires STAAR Surgical legal head as CLO
Nathaniel Sisitsky replaces Michelle Hodges, who is retiring from the company
Reed Smith turnover approaches $1.6bn as PEP tops $2m
Solid performance across private equity, finance and litigation help drive record results for Pittsburgh-based firm
AI-powered legal support start-up Soxton acquires AI security firm Cipher
Deal marks Soxton’s first acquisition since it was founded a year ago
Almost half of legal departments failing to contribute towards corporate goals, C-suite execs say
Fewer than one in five C-Suite executives believe legal is a ‘significant contributor’, Thomson Reuters survey shows
Ashurst hires US finance partner quartet from Bracewell in New York
Four-strong debt finance and restructuring team bolster ranks ahead of proposed merger with Perkins Coie
HSF Kramer adds Paul Hastings M&A partner trio in New York
Robert Leung joins as Americas head of energy, mining and infrastructure alongside Mike Huang and Daniel Grossman
Kavanagh wins second term as HFW senior partner
Giles Kavanagh to begin second four-year term this April having overseen revenue growth of more than 20% since 2022
Germany’s TK Elevator hires first CLO from Swedish steel company SSAB
Lars Sjobring will join as company’s top lawyer in May
Legal data intelligence firm Relativity confidentially files for US IPO
Proposed Relativity share sale would be first legaltech IPO since 2021
Harvey enlists Gibson Dunn AI practice group co-head for senior strategy role
Former Google lawyer Keith Enright will join legal AI platform as chief strategy officer
Morgan Lewis names employment chief McManus as next chair
David McManus to succeed veteran leader Jami McKeon in October
Las Vegas Sphere-owner hires Meta deputy GC as next legal head
Allen Lo replaces Laura Franco, who departed the business at the end of October last year
US class action defence spending hits record $4.53bn in 2025 – Carlton Fields survey
Percentage of US companies dealing with class actions rises to 74.4%