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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
McDermott swoops for MoFo leveraged finance duo in London
Partners Chris Kandel and John Burge join as US firm continues London hiring spree
Perkins Coie debuts in London with former White & Case PE leader
Ian Bagshaw joins alongside five more lawyers to bring US firm’s tech-focused practice to European market
US Supreme Court says no time limit on damages in copyright dispute involving Warner Music
Uncertainty regarding impact of ruling over work sampled in artist Flo Rida’s music as it relies on a “discovery rule” that could be invalidated in future cases
Lument promotes deputy to GC as legal head steps aside
Stephanie Culpepper replaces Jim Henson, who will focus on his role as president of Lument Finance Trust
Matrix boosts antitrust practice with competition law specialist from St. John’s Chambers
Ex-Burges Salmon partner Matthew O’Regan is the latest former solicitor to join Matrix’s competition team
Judicial Appointments Commission names trio of new commissioners
Old Bailey judge Angela Rafferty KC appointed alongside in-house solicitor Nicolina Andall and leading public junior Tom Cross to select future judges
Cleary Gottlieb adds private equity lawyers from Kirkland, Travers Smith in London recruitment drive
Debt finance partner Alexander van der Gaag joins from Kirkland as counsel Joanna Roberts moves over from Travers Smith
Sullivan & Cromwell eyes artificial intelligence growth with new practice launch
New AI practice will be co-led by partners Nader Mousavi, Mehdi Ansari and Presley Warner
Alston & Bird boosts US litigation group with Pryor Cashman partner hire
Scott Schirick joins in New York where he will focus on federal and state litigation, regulatory and white collar matters
Quinn Emanuel ups London NQ pay to £180k
Litigation heavyweight matches Gibson Dunn’s market-topping NQ rate as it ups associate salaries across the board
SPAM-owner Hormel Foods taps Hertz to end hunt for GC replacement
Colleen Batcheler to take legal head role, which has been vacant since Lori Marco left in October
Paul Weiss adds antitrust partner from European Commission for Brussels launch
Henrik Morch joins recent antitrust recruits from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Macfarlanes in new office
Fountain Court’s Matthew Gearing KC becomes first former solicitor called to Singapore Bar
The former A&O partner joins KCs Toby Landau, Sapna Jhangiani and Jern-Fei Ng as UK appointments to the Law Society of Singapore
Skadden recruits SoFi GC, Shearman fintech co-chair to lead financial institutions regulatory group
Adam Cohen and Mark Chorazak join in New York and Washington DC respectively amid increasing US bank regulation
Space internet business AST SpaceMobile hires CLO
Andrew Johnson joins from 3D Systems, replacing outgoing GC Brian Heller
Orrick adds seven-lawyer M&A and private equity team in Italy from Shearman
Team led by partner Fabio Fauceglia joins tech-focused firm as other former Shearman Italy partners move to White & Case and Willkie
‘An important moment in Chinese IP litigation’ – Burberry celebrates trademark infringement win in ‘key market’
The Baneberry brand sold products infringing the luxury retailer’s IP in pop-up shops and online
Squire Patton Boggs adds partners across UK from four firms
Transatlantic firm boosts finance, litigation, environmental and tax bench with hires from rivals including Eversheds Sutherland and PwC
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