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Mishcon de Reya’s international arbitration head to join Littleton Chambers in London
Arbitration solicitor-silk Louis Flannery KC to move across in August and be called to the Bar
Kirsty Brimelow KC elected to join first all-women Bar Council leadership team
Doughty Street silk will serve as 2025 vice chair alongside the next chair, Barbara Mills KC, and treasurer Lucinda Orr
‘Lies and forged documents’ – UK judge skewers computer scientist’s claim he invented bitcoin system
Mr Justice Mellor ‘entirely satisfied’ Craig Wright ‘lied to the court extensively and repeatedly’
Latham, Kirkland shepherd CyberArk’s $1.5bn Venafi acquisition
Latham guides CyberArk in acquisition of cybersecurity business from Kirkland-repped Thoma Bravo
Browne Jacobson adds five-strong tech and commercial team from EY Law in London
New team is led by partners Rowan Armstrong and Alex Mason
Latham recruits life sciences partner duo in DC from Skadden, real estate partner in New York
Former FDA lawyers Jennifer Bragg and William McConagha move over in DC as Safehold CLO Douglas Heitner joins real estate team in New York
Kennedys hires 12-lawyer team in Madrid from Clyde & Co
Group led by trio of insurance partners triples Kennedys’ lawyer headcount in Spanish capital
Memorial service announced for international ‘legal ambassador’ Stephen Denyer
Ceremony at London’s Temple Church to be held in honour of former director of strategic relationships at Law Society of England and Wales
Linklaters ups London NQ pay to £150k
Firm matches Magic Circle rival Freshfields but still lags market topping £180k at Gibson Dunn and Quinn Emanuel
Nelson Mullins adds litigation team from London Fischer for new LA office
Product liability group including three partners join across national firm’s second LA office and in New York
US coal mining business Alpha rehires former CLO to head legal team
Mark Manno rejoins as general counsel, replacing Roger Nicholson who is exiting the company at the end of this month
Womble Bond Dickinson names successor to US chair and CEO Temple
Finance partner Merrick Benn to take over from veteran leader Betty Temple at the start of next year
Cahill adds lawyer trio from crypto boutique, launches Delaware office
Wall Street firm hires team including prominent crypto partner Lewis Rinaudo Cohen in move intended to create one-stop shop for crypto advice
Blow to brand owners as UK’s Supreme Court finds directors not strictly liable for company’s IP infringement
Directors of defunct fashion business win appeal over lack of evidence they knew about – or turned a blind eye to – trademark infringements
Brick Court Chambers investigating ‘potential cyber incident’
Top commercial set said to have been targeted by Medusa cyber gang
US pizza chain Marco’s Pizza promotes former Subway lawyer to legal chief
Kristin Corcoran, who has been with the company since 2022, will replace CLO Todd Watson
Venable debuts in Colorado with eight-lawyer team from Sherman & Howard
Trial lawyer James Sawtelle joins to lead new office in Denver alongside seven commercial and employment litigators and counsellors
Bird & Bird adds Ashurst corporate partner for Tokyo launch
Office to handle outbound work for Japanese clients as UK firm aims to reach €1bn revenue in five years
Hausfeld doubles down on antitrust with hires in London, Germany
Joanna Christoforou joins from Morgan Lewis & Bockius’s London office as René Galle moves over in Hamburg from A&O Shearman
Latham, Skadden and Paul Weiss among firms advising on $6.9bn Squarespace take private
Private equity firm Permira is leading the deal, with support from General Atlantic and Accel
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