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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
Thomson Reuters acquires AI-powered deal data and analytics platform Noetica
Thomson Reuters said it will integrate the AI platform into its CoCounsel offering
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
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
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
Latham & Watkins adds private equity quartet from Clifford Chance in Paris
Group includes trio of partners: Benjamin de Blegiers, Daniel Zerbib and Gauthier Martin
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
Latham adds litigation partner duo in Texas from Kirkland, Winston
Hires come ahead of planned office launch in Dallas, according to reports
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
UK New Law start-up Lawhive secures fresh funding for US expansion
Series B round raises $60m, adding to earlier funding from investors that included England internationals Harry Maguire and Reece James
Clooney Foundation partners with Quinn Emanuel on justice project
Leading disputes-only firm becomes first to sign up to pro bono initiative
Kirkland opens in Nashville targeting litigation and transaction work
Four recent hires from Butler Snow and King & Spalding help world’s largest firm launch in Music City, which it called an ‘ideal environment’ for further growth
Mintz hires five-partner litigation team from Cadwalader in New York
Cadwalader’s former litigation co-chairs among group resigning over conflicts of interest with clients of firm’s planned merger partner, Hogan Lovells
SiriusXM hires former Spotify legal head as next CLO
Eve Konstan replaces Richard Baer, who goes back into retirement after a year in the job
Keystone Law hires Clyde & Co’s former international arbitration chair as a partner
Ben Knowles brings more than 30 years of disputes experience to the New Law firm