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Macfarlanes secures funds specialist from Sidley Austin in London
Arrival of Peter Chapman as a partner follows appointment of Stephen Ross as funds head in January
Mishcon partner departs to launch corporate boutique in London
Angeli Arora founds Allectus to service funds clients in areas including shareholder disputes and impact investing
Smaller UK firms positive on future despite rising costs and fee pressures, study finds
Almost half of firms say attracting and retaining talent is their biggest challenge this year, according to NatWest survey
Law Society refreshes board with new appointments
Four new independent members take up key oversight roles
Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss advise on Roark Capital’s acquisition of Subway
Deal could value US fast food chain at about $9.55bn subject to financial performance, according to reports
ABA appoints new co-chair of influential arbitration committee
Senior AAA-ICDR arbitrator Luis Martinez takes up leadership of ABA’s international arbitration committee
Fraud cases on the rise in England and Wales, study finds
Claims involving fraud generally up since 2014 but proportion of non-UK claimants has dipped in recent years, according to new report by litigation boutique Stewarts and analytics platform Solomonic
McDermott adds former EY general counsel in New York from Gibson Dunn
Ron Hauben to co-head McDermott’s accounting defence practice as accounting firms face increased regulatory scrutiny
OpenAI hits back at writers’ copyright infringement claims
ChatGPT creator moves to dismiss claims in lawsuits filed by authors including high-profile writer and performer Sarah Silverman
DWF adds three partners in Dubai to strengthen disputes and insurance teams
Trio join from Clyde & Co and Horizons & Co
Former Allen & Overy arbitration co-head joins Hong Kong’s Temple Chambers
Matthew Gearing KC joins as an arbitrator member having earlier also chaired the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
Skadden Arps, Latham called in for Danaher’s $5.7bn Abcam acquisition
Skadden advises US medical giant Danaher as Latham acts for UK’s Abcam in all-cash deal
Pfizer and BioNTech seek to cancel Moderna patents at PTAB
Move marks latest round in Covid-19 mRNA vaccine patent litigation battle
Axiom Ince director challenges SRA intervention in High Court
Shyam Mistry denies knowledge of alleged wrongdoing in appeal against “draconian” suspension by regulator
ABA launches task force to analyse impact of AI on legal industry
Task force will examine risks of AI, as well as potential opportunities to support lawyers
DWF increases revenue but profits dive ahead of Inflexion takeover
UK listed firm faced pressure from rising interest costs and higher salaries
UK’s SFO calls time on ENRC and Rio Tinto probes
Fraud watchdog closes decade-long investigation into Kazakh miner ENRC citing “insufficient admissible evidence to prosecute”
Jones Day adds senior employment and privacy partner in London from Morgan Lewis
Pulina Whitaker joins having co-led Morgan Lewis’ global privacy and cybersecurity practice
Clifford Chance hires ‘one of Asia’s top M&A lawyers’ from Linklaters in Hong Kong
Alex Bidlake joins as a partner after more than 15 years at Magic Circle rival
New chief justice of Australia appointed
Stephen Gageler AC, a current justice of the High Court of Australia, appointed Australia’s new chief justice
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