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Freshfields partners consider spinning out legaltech unit worth ‘billions’
Senior partners discussed carving out Freshfields Lab and bringing in external investors in email exchange leaked to the Financial Times
US employment law software platform SixFifty launches agentic HR compliance tool
Ex-Wilson Sonsini subsidiary creates AI-powered HR specialist to help businesses comply with US employment laws
Law Society to co-launch Solicitor Wellbeing Alliance, outgoing president announces
Society teams up with LawCare, the Solicitors’ Charity and the Mindful Business Charter to launch alliance
Law Society of England and Wales appoints Brett Dixon as next president
Dixon succeeds Mark Evans as the Law Society’s 182nd president
Clare Locke, Schillings launch intelligence and investigations joint venture
US-based CLS Vision will be fronted by former CIA leader Fred Glazier and intelligence expert Allison Everhardt
Ropes, Weil, Paul Weiss guide Galderma’s $1.5bn ZO Skin Health acquisition
Ropes acts for Swiss skincare conglomerate in deal that will increase its exposure to US market, with Weil and Paul Weiss representing ZO and its owner Blackstone
US Patent and Trademark Office hires former DOJ lawyer as general counsel
John Duffy replaces acting GC David Shewchuk in the role
Legora says platform use has tripled among UK law firms and in-house teams since January
Swedish legaltech giant reports that in-house legal teams are its fastest-growing UK user group
Erskine Chambers adds insolvency law KC from Twenty Essex
Blair Leahy KC brings a practice spanning company law, restructuring, insolvency, fraud and offshore litigation
Fladgate launches aviation finance practice with two Clyde & Co hires
Nick Harding and Kirstin MacDougall join firm as partners
Clifford Chance to end formal alliance with Singapore’s Cavenagh Law after 14 years
UK firm ends relationship with boutique that enabled it to provide local litigation advice in city-state
IBA urges member states to protect ICC following US sanctions
Sanctions are a ‘dark day for international justice and global rule of law’, IBA officials say
Visa and Mastercard face £700m class action over post-Brexit fees
Latest claim against card schemes relates to alleged overcharges on payments made with cards issued in the EEA
Danish AI legal research start-up Pandektes raises €13.5m in Series A funding round
Financing to accelerate ambitions to build new infrastructure for legal information
Reliable Robotics hires former ServiceNow GC as legal head
Russ Elmer will build out the autonomous aircraft systems developer’s legal function