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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
Lumen Technologies names former Sabre CLO as next legal head
Chad Ho is replacing long-time legal chief Stacey Goff, who is exiting after 26 years with the company
McDermott Will & Emery refreshes London leadership team
Aymen Mahmoud to replace Hamid Yunis as London managing partner, with Graham White named senior partner
Paul Weiss launches Latin America practice with corporate hire from Willkie Farr
M&A partner Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza joins in New York having founded and led Willkie’s LatAm practice
Willkie Farr launches in Dallas with Haynes and Boone private equity team
Partners Tom Tippetts, Brandon McCoy and Chase Proctor join from Texan firm as four Willkie private equity partners relocate
Top US patent litigation team joins Mintz from Proskauer Rose
Led by respected life sciences litigator Siegmund Gutman, the team of 10 move over from Proskauer Rose
‘London a priority’ – Davis Polk secures Paul Hastings finance co-head
Luke McDougall joins as Wall Street firm moves to build out UK leveraged finance bench
Southwest Airlines upgrades legal VP to GC as veteran legal chief steps down
Jeff Novota will replace Mark Shaw, who is moving to an advisor role after almost 24 years as CLO
Gillard and Goldsmith join speaker line-up for London International Disputes Week
Former Australian prime minister and UK secretary general will discuss state-related dispute resolution at June event
Mayer Brown agrees to split from Hong Kong partnership citing 'strategic priorities'
US firm will continue to operate in Hong Kong, but bulk of office will resurrect historic Johnson Stokes & Master brand
Clifford Chance underlines US ambitions with hires from Shearman and White & Case
Announcement of former Shearman tax partner’s arrival came on day A&O Shearman came into being
UPC issues preliminary injunction in DNA kits patent spat
Düsseldorf local division orders US life sciences company Curio Bioscience to stop selling its products in Germany, France and Sweden in dispute with rival 10x Genomics
EY promotes deputy to GC as global legal chief announces retirement
David Weintraub will replace Michael Solender at the Big Four firm in July
Blank Rome hires 25-strong team from Burns & Levinson to open in Boston
Group includes 13 partners including Frank Segall and Josef Volman, who will co-chair new office
Simpson Thacher adds Skadden funds partner ahead of Boston debut
Kenneth Burdon to be joined by Simpson Thacher funds partner Nathan Somogie for launch later this year
Herbert Smith Freehills launches global digital legal delivery practice
Four hundred-strong practice brings together alternative legal services and tech teams
‘A platform like no other’ – A&O Shearman goes live
Transatlantic merger creates global giant with nearly 4,000 lawyers and $3.5bn revenue
GSK sues Pfizer and BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine technology
UK pharmaceutical firm enters the fray in the battle over mRNA technology used to develop blockbuster vaccines
Mayer Brown to split from bulk of greater China arm, according to reports
Nikkei Asia reports that Hong Kong lawyers will revive historic Johnson Stokes & Master brand
Greenberg, Goodwin shepherd Ono Pharma’s $2.4bn Deciphera acquisition
Greenberg counsels Ono in deal to expand Japanese group’s oncology portfolio and US presence
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