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O’Melveny hires LA media and entertainment partner from Sheppard Mullin
Leif Cervantes de Reinstein is O’Melveny’s second entertainment law lateral partner hire this year
French firm LPA Law debuts in Vietnam through boutique merger
Tie-up with 15-lawyer APFL Partners comes as Vietnam’s economy grows rapidly fuelled by strong exports and foreign investment
Pallas Partners builds in New York with twin partner hire from Kasowitz
Finance litigation specialists join London-based boutique as cross-border finance and restructuring disputes ramp up
Morrison Cohen advises Valentino in US class certification bid win
New York district court judge denies class certification but will allow individual lawsuits to proceed
Eversheds adds 12-lawyer tax controversy team in Atlanta from Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Three partners join alongside two counsels and seven associates
UK Legal Services Board chair to step down early
Alan Kershaw resigns for ‘personal considerations’ half way through his four-year term
Knights absorbs South East firm in £30m deal
Merger with IBB Law largest yet for listed UK acquisitor firm
Pinsent Masons launches in Saudi Arabia
London-based firm becomes latest to launch in kingdom’s hot legal market
Kirkland secures UK Court of Appeal victory for Lenovo in SEP battle with Ericsson
Lenovo prevails over Ericsson in its bid to secure interim licence to use its 4G and 5G patents
Freshfields hires two leading infrastructure partners from Paul Hastings in London
Jessamy Gallagher and Stuart Rowson return to the Magic Circle having co-headed Linklaters’ infrastructure practice before joining Paul Hastings two years ago
Keystone Law adds partners from Kirkland, Memery Crystal in latest hiring round
Platform firm continues to attract talent from top firms as it continues hiring push
US financial services firm Ascensus hires senior WilmerHale counsel as CLO
Phillip Gillespie, who also spent more than 10 years at State Street, replaces Joe Dansky
Solicitors Regulation Authority chief executive to step down later this year
Paul Philip is retiring after more than 11 years leading the regulator, which faced heightened scrutiny over £60m collapse of Axiom Ince
PE investment in UK legal sector hits record high
Investment of £534m last year boosted five-year figure to £1.2bn, according to research by Acquira
The Global Legal Post launches international comparative law guide to data protection
Co-edited by Bristow partners Mark Watts and Hannah Crowther, guide covers 35 jurisdictions