Freshfields, Slaughters score lead roles on EQT's £11bn Intertek takeover

Simpson Thacher, Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Sweden's Vinge also guide deal that sees another London-listed firm bought out by foreign ​bidders

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Freshfields continues Germany PE rebuild with senior Hengeler Mueller hire

Partner Daniel Möritz joins in Munich, continuing Freshfields' hires and internal promotions in Germany after four senior PE partners defected to Latham & Watkins late last year

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AI and luxury brands in Brazil: when algorithmic creativity meets the regulatory vacuum

Stocche Forbes lawyers Thiago Porto Ribeiro, Mateus Lino Ferreira and Felipe Faria Savassi Stehling analyse the impacts of using AI tools in the creation of luxury products and how technology amplifies counterfeiting risks

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US data and analytics business Alteryx hires ElevenX CLO as next legal head

Steve Holsten replaces Christopher Lal, who left last month to join Braze

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Kennedys hires GC from Trowers & Hamlins as chief risk officer retires

Claire Larbey arrives after almost eight years as GC at Trowers & Hamlins

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US AI litigation platform start-up Turbo Law raises $3.8m in pre-seed funding round

Financing led by Revo Capital to expand engineering, go-to market teams and compliance

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Travers Smith makes up three in reduced partner promotions round

Top UK independent’s smallest round since 2014 sees transactions lawyers made up across finance and funds practices

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Skadden hits Akin for investment management partners across Abu Dhabi, Washington DC

Incoming trio bring partner count in Abu Dhabi office Skadden opened last year to seven

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‘You feel you just have to get on with it’: two-thirds of women lawyers have considered quitting over wellbeing concerns

Survey of more than 500 women lawyers in England and Wales uncovers widespread burnout, stress and exhaustion

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Global corporate legal spend as a percentage of revenue falls to lowest in six years - study

ACC and Major Lindsey & Africa survey also shows workloads are intensifying

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AI-native IP firm Lightbringer raises $10m in Series A funding round

Swedish IP start-up will use financing, led by 6 Degrees Capital and Newion, for US expansion

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Freshfields adds private equity partner in Madrid from Pérez-Llorca

Pablo González Mosqueira will lead Madrid private equity team following predecessor’s departure for Gibson Dunn

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Steptoe & Johnson adds LIDW26 co-chair to London disputes team from Clyde & Co

Professor Loukas Mistelis joins as an arbitration partner, marking another high-profile exit from Clyde & Co

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Raft of law firms score roles on Pizza Hut’s $2.7bn sale

Weil, Mayer Brown, Paul Weiss, Greenberg Traurig, Sidley Austin and Fangda Partners advise on two separate Yum Brands disposals

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Former Lord Mayor of London and ex-Lord Chancellor among lawyers recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

Alastair King and David Gauke both received knighthoods, while ex-Treasury Solicitor Susannah McGibbon KC (Hon) received a damehood

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Private equity and UK legal: the regional squeeze – scale without substance

Adil Taha of advisory firm Taha & Co provides a data-backed view of the investment challenges for private equity firms in the UK’s regional legal market

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The market is already talking about you. Are you listening?

Law firms should take intentional steps to shape their brand perception or risk the market shaping it for them, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communication officer Allan Schoenberg

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Directory rankings: what’s really changed in the last decade and what happens next

Firms that succeed with legal directory rankings are those that treat submissions as a year round process, not a last minute scramble, writes AKH Legal Consulting’s Alex Holtum

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Mango at the Met: fruit, fashion and IP

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