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Proskauer scoops two partners apiece from A&O Shearman and Cahill in London

A&O’s former banking co-head Philip Bowden among banking and finance quartet

Partial win for Moderna in Covid-19 vaccine patent battle with Pfizer and BioNTech

Freshfields, Taylor Wessing and Powell Gilbert advise on closely watched London High Court dispute

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Dechert shuts Frankfurt arm ahead of impending Chicago, Beijing and Hong Kong closures

Top 40 US firm closed office in April leaving it with a single German base in Munich

Fieldfisher grows revenue 10% as PEP sees modest increase

European firm grows profits per equity partner 4% to £966k in year to end of March following previous year’s 11% decline

Music licensing business Merlin signs up London-based Greenberg Traurig shareholder as GC

Neil Miller takes on role last held by Merlin’s COO Charlie Lexton

Clifford Chance dismisses Australia partner following serious misconduct allegations

High-profile consultancy called in to help firm improve workplace culture

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HFW revenue passes £250m revenue milestone fuelling 8.8% rise in PEP

UK-headquartered firm grows revenue by 11.4% in second year of new strategy

Quinn Emanuel sets up shop in Singapore

Office led by partner Duncan Watson KC recognises city-state’s arbitration prowess

Osborne Clarke posts double-digit rise in UK PEP as firm-wide revenue grows 19% to €525m

UK independent points to growth in US and ESG and energy practices as it exceeds €500m revenue target one year early

US and UK growth drive 17% increase in Kennedys’ revenue

Turnover at insurance specialist jumps to £384m as fee-earner count climbs by 12%

ICC reappoints Claudia Salomon as president for second term

Salomon became the first women president of the court back in 2021

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Signature opens in Frankfurt with double partner hire from Mayer Brown

Partners recruited to co-found disputes firm’s third European office outside London base

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William Fry appoints head of corporate as next managing partner

Leading Irish dealmaker Stephen Keogh will succeed Owen O’Sullivan in November

UK national security patents jump by 36% in one year

Increase in defence spending as geopolitical tensions ratchet up could be behind the rise in military technology patents issued with secrecy orders

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News | UK

Macfarlanes raises NQ pay to £140k

City stalwart becomes highest-paying UK firm after international Magic Circle rivals

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News | UK

Freshfields recruits Skadden New York head of tax

Steven Matays joins Magic Circle firm as it continues to push for more US market share

General Motors taps former Activision Blizzard legal chief as CLO

Grant Dixton is replacing Craig Glidden, who is now overseeing legal at GM’s autonomous vehicle business Cruise

Linklaters, Latham shepherd VW’s $5bn joint venture with Tesla rival Rivian

Linklaters acts for longtime client VW on proposed partnership that will see Rivian’s technology used in both companies’ electric vehicles

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Deals | US

Major record labels sue AI start-ups

Sony, Universal and Warner Records bring action against two AI song generators over alleged copyright infringement

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