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Seyfarth Shaw adds white collar quartet from dissolving Stroock

Co-chair of Stroock’s white collar and internal investigations practice among those moving over in New York and Washington DC

Resilient luxury market predicted to reach new record €1.5tr in 2023

Annual Bain & Company and Altagamma report says personal luxury segment is driving growth

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Clyde & Co raids Dentons for Poland debut with 20-strong team

Three current and former energy-focused partners join with their teams in Warsaw

Eight Allen & Overy partners in running to lead A&O Shearman

Elections at UK Magic Circle firm will determine transatlantic giant’s leadership team

Pérez-Llorca adds 17 lawyers from rivals for Lisbon launch

Six partners and their teams join from firms including Portugal’s RRP Advogados as Spanish heavyweight continues international expansion

Stroock lines up highly-rated advisory team to wind down firm

Togut Segal & Segal serving as legal counsel alongside liquidation manager from Teneo and restructuring expert David Pauker

Around the house: AIG names interim as new GC after candidate pulls out, diamond giant De Beers appoints GC

This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Macy’s, Vice Media, Pimco and CNX Resources

Marc Jacobs legal director joins Luxury Law Alliance advisory board

Ava Farshidi received the Luxury Law Rising Star Award in 2017

Skadden, Linklaters tuck into EG Group’s sale of 218 restaurants to KFC

Deal sees KFC buy all of Skadden-repped EG’s UK and Ireland KFC businesses

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Bar Council to commission review after reports of bullying and harassment grow

Barristers’ professional body for England and Wales commits to tackle ‘systemic issue’

Senior judge convenes special hearing to manage flood of Dieselgate claims

More than 20 claimant firms are due to be represented at Friday’s hearing

Winston & Strawn to shutter Hong Kong office

Joint venture in the region will continue, firm says

Skadden secures London acquisition finance partner from Willkie

Sebastian FitzGerald joins Wall Street heavyweight after seven years at Willkie

High Court allows Getty Images’ IP dispute with Stability AI to go to trial

Judge refuses to dismiss photo agency’s claims AI start-up used its stock to unlawfully train image generator

Opus 2 unveils new CEO amid US growth push

Greg Blackman succeeds Martin Coen at case preparation and dispute hearings software provider

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Schoenherr hires seven-partner Warsaw team from SSW Pragmatic Solutions

Arrival of 23-strong cross-practice grouping will double size of CCE regional firm’s Poland arm

US appeals court vacates $2.18bn patent infringement damages award against Intel

Verdict from Texan jury had landed chipmaker with one of the largest ever patent damages awards

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Sidley hires Allen & Overy’s LA head to bolster energy practice

Andrea Lucan arrives just weeks after energy partner Greg Lavigne exited A&O for Sidley in New York

Willkie Farr hires Latham partner in London to co-chair European restructuring group

Simon Baskerville joins as Willkie moves to capitalise on expected uptick in restructuring work

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O’Melveny and Wilson Sonsini check in for Alaska Air’s $1.9bn acquisition of Hawaiian

O’Melveny advises Alaska as Wilson Sonsini reps Hawaiian in deal likely to attract regulatory scrutiny

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