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In-house lawyers say ‘empathy’, ‘soft skills’ critical as AI advances, study finds
Simmons in-house counsel survey seeks to understand what legal profession will look like in 10 years
Associates circulate open letter urging law firms to speak out against Perkins Coie executive order
Letter says it is not too late for bosses to take a stand against Trump administration’s attack on ‘rule-of-law norms’
Travers Smith plans Brussels office launch as it winds down Paris arm
UK firm looks to enhance competition law offering, but will close Paris office ‘in due course’
IBA to focus on Latin American investment and regulatory issues at regional conference
Biennial regional forum is taking place in Lima, Peru and features sessions ranging from cybersecurity to sustainable finance
Wachtell, Davis Polk lead $6.7bn merger of troubled drugmakers Mallinckrodt and Endo
Hogan Lovells, Paul Weiss and Ireland’s Arthur Cox and A&L Goodbody also act in tie-up of drugmakers with shared history of opioid crisis lawsuits
Honigman adds Big Law quartet in Israel, launches investment funds practice
Joiners arrive from Paul Weiss, Simpson Thacher and Pillsbury
Domino’s Pizza promotes assistant GC to legal head role
Ryan Mulally takes over from Kevin Morris, who has been Domino’s legal head since 2017
US on-campus bookstore Barnes & Noble Education hires former Six Flags GC as legal head
Christopher Neumann brought in to replace Michael Miller, who left the company back in September
IBA announces next phase of its gender equality project
Second stage of the 50:50 by 2030 study will include a global survey of women lawyers
Paul Hastings targets big-ticket public M&A with hire of Kirkland deals star in New York
Eric Schiele’s arrival as global M&A co-chair described as ‘major leap forward’ in fulfilling M&A ambitions
Clyde & Co enlists RPC partner for new global regulatory and investigation role
Former RPC white collar crime head Sam Tate is joining with a team of two associates and a counsel
Garrigues revenue pushes past €480m in record result
Spanish heavyweight says 6% growth cements its place as leading law firm in the EU by revenue
Win for Quinn Emanuel as IBM bests LzLabs in London trade secrets battle
Clifford Chance acted for defendants in High Court case over reverse-engineering of mainframe technology
Reed Smith hits record $1.5bn in revenue
PEP rises nearly 14% to $1.8m while London office grows turnover 15% following two years of decline
Ropes & Gray debuts in Paris with Clifford Chance team
Team led by trio of partners focuses on private equity, infrastructure, banking and finance transactions