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Agriculture financing business Farmer Mac hires former Freddie Mac lawyer as CLO
Geraldine Hayhurst replaces Stephen Mullery, who is retiring after 25 years with the company
Eversheds Sutherland expands Czech footprint with Kropáček consolidation
Tie-up adds 13-strong team including partner Pavel Kropáček, bringing expertise in real estate and litigation
Stephenson Harwood enlisted to advise on consumer class action against Amazon over pricing
Amazon faces claim it inflated prices for more than 45 million UK consumers
Addleshaw Goddard posts double-digit revenue growth as profit hits £224m
Turnover rises 11% to £550.9m as firm continues Europe and Middle East expansion
CMS adds team of seven ex-BCLP lawyers in Hong Kong and one in Singapore
Hires follow BCLP’s decision to pull out of Asia earlier this year
Clifford Chance and Norton Rose Fulbright advise on $1.7bn ECA-backed A&K luxury cruise ship financings
Transaction marks growing momentum in the luxury cruise sector
McDermott hires Cadwalader corporate co-chair to lead new practice
Ira Schacter marks one of McDermott’s first big laterals since merger with Schulte
US securities class actions predicted to hit pre-pandemic levels this year – study
Increased filings will be driven by rise in litigation funding, economic issues and AI-related disputes, Inigo survey shows
Proskauer hits White & Case for leveraged finance partner in London
Peter Mason marks seventh finance partner hire by Proskauer’s London office in the past year
Trio of firms called in for National Grid’s £1.5bn LNG terminal sale to Centrica, ECP
Latham and Slaughter and May counsel the purchasers as HSF Kramer advises National Grid in deal to allow it to focus on its electricity and gas networks
Value of UK class actions rises to €155bn even as number of filings falls, study finds
CMS report shows overall class action claims in Europe are declining
Eversheds Sutherland’s international arm posts 3% revenue rise against 8% increase in PEP
Transatlantic firm unveils ‘robust’ results and points to investment in people and technology
A&O Shearman restocks Luxembourg funds bench with Clifford Chance duo
Hires follow funds lawyers exiting for Simpson Thacher, legacy Herbert Smith Freehills’ Luxembourg launches
Pinsents grows turnover 4.7% to £680m as PEP inches up
PEP rises 0.5% to £797k having dipped slightly last year
Paint-maker PPG to promote deputy GC to top lawyer role
Joe Gette will replace current GC Anne Foulkes at the start of next year