Kirkland, Cravath advise on Thrive Holdings’ $15.3bn take-private of home security business ADT

Kirkland guides Thrive on the transaction, while Cravath counsels ADT

• 6h

‘One delay can push back the whole deal timetable’ – How Europe’s lawyers are keeping cross-border deals on track as regulatory demands mount

Global Legal Post report in association with LexisNexis highlights opportunity for AI to reduce manual coordination and better manage cross-border M&A and competition work

• 21h

Former US antitrust head Jonathan Kanter launches AI legaltech start-up

Kanter teams up with former deputy Doha Mekki to co-found litigation platform backed by $6.4m in seed funding

• 6h

Good governance isn’t caution – it’s confidence

Bridgestone’s legal and compliance director for Africa and the Middle East, Scarlate Masiye, explains why good governance depends on culture as much as on controls

• 14h

Lloyds, Mondelez, Societe Generale legal heads sign up to UK In House Pro Bono Pledge

Number of signatories grows to 25 as demand for free legal advice continues to grow

• 14h

US nickel refiner Westwin Elements hires ex-USA Rare Earth GC as first CLO

David Kronenfeld brings extensive critical minerals legal expertise to the newly created role

• 14h

Weil partnership set to vote on closure plan

Management committee recommends ‘orderly wind-down’ of 1,200-lawyer US firm

• 1d

Latham and Harvey agree partnership to develop AI tools for investment fund formation

Collaboration will combine firm’s investment funds practice with Harvey’s product team to build AI capabilities for fund arrangements

• 1d

Simpson Thacher raids White & Case and Kirkland for four Chicago partners

Partners practising across M&A, restructuring and executive compensation bring Simpson Thacher’s Chicago partner count to 12 two months after office launch

• 1d

Former Fiji Airways and Flybe CEO joins Clyde & Co

Double partner hire sees Dave Pflieger join the firm in the US while Tannie Kwong joins in Hong Kong from Cathay Pacific

• 1d

Weil regulatory partner duo decamp to Skadden in New York and DC

Andrew Dean and Christopher Mulligan latest partners to jump ship as Weil explores options for its future amid an exodus of senior talent

• 1d

Clio acquires Canadian AI-powered regulatory horizon scanning platform Page

Clio says deal will help its users monitor developing government legislation and prepare for regulatory change

• 1d

McDermott Will & Schulte sees partner promotions fall by more than half in latest round

Firm promotes 36 to partnership, down from 74 a year ago

• 1d

US private insurance broker Lockton promotes deputy to CLO role

Sara Romine will succeed Trey Humphrey, who is stepping aside after 26 years

• 2d

Law Society of Singapore fills seven council seats following contested election

Drew & Napier chairman Jimmy Yim SC and Legis Point founder Samuel Chacko among successful candidates

• 2d

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Raft of firms guide Qiagen’s $10.8bn take-private acquisition by Sweden’s EQT

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Economic pressures, US tariffs push Canadian businesses to make workforce changes – study

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Four London lawyers make the grade in Latham partner promotions round

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Weil’s incoming leader pulls out of role amid partner departures

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Simpson Thacher raids White & Case and Kirkland for four Chicago partners

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Weil partnership set to vote on closure plan

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IP and the enduring value of India’s luxury Ayurveda market

Remfry & Sagar’s Bisman Kaur discusses India’s luxury Ayurvedic traditions, IP ownership and how brands can create, protect and scale valuable assets

• 2d

• Alex Branton
• Nodem Capital

NAV lending for family offices: a lender’s view of structure, collateral and cross-border friction

Alex Branton, chief investment officer of Nodem Capital, discusses why family offices and private market funds are looking to NAV loans to turn long-term private markets investments into liquidity without selling those assets

• 2d

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How the war in Ukraine has created a new field of legal practice

Daniel Bilak, managing partner of Kinstellar’s Kyiv office, considers the legal specialism emerging from Ukraine’s front line

• 6d

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• Cornerstone Research

Economic experts and instructing lawyers before the CAT – the path ahead

As the Competition Appeal Tribunal intensifies its scrutiny of economic evidence, Cornerstone Research’s Liam Colley emphasises the importance of experts and instructing lawyers having a relationship that welcomes challenge and puts analytical rigour at the heart of the case

• 1w

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Revisiting global contract templates in Brazil: what luxury brands should know

Stocche Forbes lawyers Flavia Câmara e Castro and Thiago Porto Ribeiro explain how international luxury brands can adjust global contract templates in Brazil to preserve commercial structures and ensure they work as intended locally

• 2w

Luxury brands brace for workforce shift as new UK employment regulations take hold

The UK’s Employment Rights Act is ushering in the most substantial change to employment law in a generation. For luxury retailers, proactive preparation will be key to compliance, write Pinsent Masons lawyers Kate Dodd and Alyce McNaughton

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Luxury collaborations: the contracts behind successful brand partnerships

Behind the apparent simplicity of luxury collaborations, Stocche Forbes lawyers Flavia Câmara e Castro and Thiago Porto Ribeiro explore the network of commercial decisions that need to be reflected in the contract

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