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Amicorp to ‘vigorously defend’ $1bn fraud claim by Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB
Hong Kong-headquartered corporate services group responds to claim filed in BVI
Outgoing IBA president reflects on achievements as two-year term ends
Almudena Arpón de Mendívil Aldama signs off having led a programme of “ambitious evolution”
Morgan Lewis to absorb 54-lawyer Kramer Levin Paris team
Split comes ahead of Kramer Levin’s planned merger with Herbert Smith Freehills
Five charged over £60m collapse of Axiom Ince
Former CEO Pragnesh Modhwadia among defendants facing charges that include fraud, forgery and destruction of documents
Skadden, Goodwin, Davis Polk act as Novo closes $16.5bn Catalent deal
Jones Day, Linklaters and Arnold & Porter also called in for the largest healthcare buyout of 2024
UK government’s AI training copyright exception proposals welcomed as ‘step towards clarity’
Proposals part of consultation on interplay between AI and copyright
‘Bitter pill to swallow’ for claimants as BT defeats landmark £1.3bn class action
Simmons scores victory for client in first opt out trial before Competition Appeal Tribunal
‘Trump Bump’ may boost US M&A activity next year, A&O Shearman report says
UK-listed companies are increasingly being targeted by US acquirers, according to Magic Circle firm
Jones Day promotes 37 to partner in latest US-dominated round
Corporate and litigation dominate cohort that follows larger rounds in previous two years
Clifford Chance names Chinwe Odimba-Chapman as London managing partner in landmark appointment
First black woman to lead London office will also co-lead European arm
Simpson Thacher hits Sidley for leveraged finance partner duo in London
US firm also recruited a leveraged finance partner from Linklaters last month
Sidley Austin unveils eighth partner raid on Latham in London this year
Latham’s London finance co-chair Tania Bedi latest to swell Sidley’s ranks
Kennedys elects successor to longstanding senior partner Thomas
John Bruce takes the helm at UK insurance specialist following Nick Thomas’s 27 year-tenure
Pillsbury to launch in Riyadh through link up with one of its former lawyers
Office to give top 70 US firm first physical base in Middle East
DAC Beachcroft hires team of 30 for US debut
Group including four partners to open offices in New York and Los Angeles at start of next year