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Former FisherBroyles practice leaders take 130 lawyers for new spin-off firm
Pierson Ferdinand among largest law firm debuts in US history
Standard Chartered’s GC and Latham partner among lawyers recognised in New Year Honours
DE&I champion Sandie Okoro awarded OBE while UK listings reformer Mark Austin becomes a CBE
‘Nobody should be experiencing these behaviours’: report highlights employee bullying at the Bar
Landmark research by the Legal Practice Management Association and Institute of Barristers’ Clerks found more than a quarter of Bar employees had been bullied
White & Case secures Macfarlanes partner to head London white collar team
Neill Blundell joins having led Macfarlanes’ corporate crime and investigations practice
Sidley and Latham sew up Coupang’s $500m Farfetch rescue deal
Sidley advises South Korea’s Coupang on its acquisition of troubled luxury e-commerce platform, advised by Latham
Legal Services Board enlists top Northern Ireland firm to investigate oversight of Axiom Ince
Carson McDowell will examine “regulatory events” leading up to Solicitors Regulation Authority’s intervention into firm
Kennedys adds 12-strong insurance team in Sydney from Clyde & Co
Team joins Clydes’ former Australia managing partner, Lucinda Lyons, at new firm
Paul Weiss unveils latest top-level London lateral: Linklaters’ ex-antitrust head
New York firm adds latest piece to jigsaw in drive to create elite UK law practice
Simpson Thacher adds fund finance partner in London from Travers Smith
Katie McMenamin’s exit follows funds duo Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond defecting to Simpson Thacher earlier this year
King & Spalding hires Ashurst’s ex-Middle East head of corporate
Simon Fraser will be based in Abu Dhabi; senior associate also moves across, as a partner
Paul Weiss continues London hiring spree with Clifford Chance partner duo
CC’s London private equity head joins alongside finance specialist just a few months after Paul Weiss’s eight-partner raid on Kirkland
Ropes & Gray, Milbank and Wachtell lead on $14.9bn US Steel acquisition
Milbank and Wachtell advise US Steel as Ropes & Gray counsels Japan’s Nippon Steel on its biggest acquisistion to date
Reed Smith secures capital markets partner in London from Linklaters
Linklaters lifer Mark Drury one of three partners to leave Magic Circle firm in recent days
Quinn Emanuel makes up 14 partners in round dominated by women
Ten female lawyers make the grade, 70% of the cohort
Standard Chartered’s GC Okoro sets up diversity taskforce with quartet of legal advisers
A&O, Eversheds Sutherland, Simmons and Sullivan will join bank in seeking ways of “improving opportunities for minority talent”
Around the house: BP lines up legal chief replacement, Baker Hughes promotes division GC to vacant CLO role
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Volvo, Gallup, Grammarly and Aptia
Allen & Overy helps ResMed invalidate seven New York University patents
Team advising medtech company on dispute before USPTO helped found A&O’s West Coast practice
Dentons CEO Portnoy to step down after more than a decade at helm
Firm to employ consultancy to help find successor for Portnoy, whose term ends in November 2024
US Copyright Office refuses to register AI-generated artwork
Van Gogh-inspired artwork was created by an artist and an AI app, the office has now refused to register it two times
UK legal services sector sees revenue climb in 2022 but pace of growth halves
Growth slows to 5.6% from 12.5% in 2021, according to TheCityUK’s annual UK legal services report
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