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US components-maker ATI hires GC from energy business HF Sinclair

Vaishali Bhatia replaces Elliot Davis, who is retiring in October

McDermott adds seven-lawyer litigation team from Orrick as it eyes white-collar growth

Group joins in New York and DC alongside former SDNY prosecutor Sagar Ravi as McDermott anticipates uptick in FCPA work

Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2024 in pictures

A selection of photos from an evening of celebration and camaraderie in London

Changes to IP laws ‘not necessary’ to deal with NFTs, says report

Study by USPTO and US Copyright Office finds current laws are “adequate” and new legislation could impede evolving technology’s development

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Bowmans overhauls management board as it eyes pan-Africa growth

Big Five firm appoints Africa-wide department heads as Alan Keep reappointed as managing partner

Cooley pushes revenue to $2.03bn as lawyer ranks decrease

Tech-focused firm sees PEP grow 8.2% following almost 20% decline in 2022

Winners unveiled at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards

Bar Council vice chair Barbara Mills KC among array of individuals, teams and businesses honoured

Bank for International Settlements names deputy as next GC

Dessislava Guetcheva-Cheytanova will replace retiring Diego Devos in September

Orrick adds top litigator from Akin as slew of firms mark DC hires

DOJ veteran Esther Lander joins tech-focused firm as Goodwin, Steptoe, Willkie and Weil also add DC partners

White & Case revenue nears $3bn as PEP jumps 12.7%

Top 10 US firm reverses 2022’s revenue and profit falls despite subdued global M&A market

TerraLex teams up with collaboration expert Heidi Gardner

Author of Smarter Collaboration to undertake research and development project for network

Kirkland, Latham shepherd EQT’s $35bn Equitrans gas merger

Last year’s top M&A firms lead as flurry of US oil and gas dealmaking continues

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Deals | US

Rihanna puts her foot in it over design rights on Instagram

Puma loses bid to dismiss a design invalidity ruling at the EU's General Court as popstar had already publicly disclosed it

Skadden adds funds trio in London from Debevoise

Delphine Jaugey joins as head of secondaries for Europe alongside pair of associates

Europe’s young lawyers hold special session on gender equality at landmark Istanbul meeting

The European Young Bar Association’s Spring Meeting met in Turkey for the first time in its history

Weil adds SEC veteran to private funds practice in Washington DC

Christopher Mulligan joins after more than a decade at the agency amid a string of lateral partner hires in the US capital

Linklaters, Slaughters lead on Mondi’s £5bn DS Smith bid

Linklaters acts for Mondi in deal to create £10bn packaging giant as global M&A surges after 2023’s slump

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Deals | UK

IBA outlines plan to help young women lawyers progress to leadership roles

IBA president Almudena Arpón de Mendívil Aldama announces ‘Ten Directives’ initiative to celebrate International Women’s Day

The UK law firm with higher median pay for women

Wright Hassall reduces pay gap in four years from more than 40% to -22%

US car insurance giant GEICO taps Wells Fargo for next CLO


Tangela Richter replaces Seth Ingall, who is retiring after almost 40 years with the insurer

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