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Bar Council elects 4 Paper Buildings’ joint head of chambers as first Black vice chair

Barbara Mills will assume the role next year, paving the way to become the first Black chair in 2025

Ashurst signs up four-partner Shearman international energy team

Team move across UK and Asia comes hot on the heels of news of Shearman’s planned merger with Allen & Overy

US Supreme Court rules against Andy Warhol Foundation in dispute with photographer

Court rejects fair use defence in closely watched copyright case over photo of music icon Prince licensed to Condé Nast

Paul Hastings adds three-partner finance team in New York from Cahill Gordon & Reindel

Marc Lashbrook, Josh Zelig and David Barash continue run of finance hires by West Coast firm in London and New York

Van Bael & Bellis launches London international trade team with hires from Crowell & Moring, Ashurst

Brussels-based independent launches new practice amid “unprecedented growth in EU and UK sanctions and export control legislation”

Linklaters builds in Japan with corporate partner from Nishimura & Asahi

Hire of Yoshiyuki Asaoka follows magic circle firm adding Ashurst’s Tokyo M&A and Asia insurance sector lead last spring

Quinn Emanuel launches contentious IP practice in London with Pinsent Masons hire

Specialist disputes firm ‘fires the starting gun’ on building London IP ligation work with recruitment of David Lancaster

Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling unveil ‘transformative’ merger plan to create $3.4bn firm

Deal would forge unique ‘integrated global elite firm’ both sides claim ahead of partner votes

Greenberg Traurig, Herbert Smith Freehills called in as blank-cheque firm Admiral Acquisition raises $550m ahead of IPO

Listing of tycoon Sir Martin E. Franklin’s ‘acquisition vehicle’ largest in UK in more than a year

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GCs dissatisfied with law firms' flexible resourcing, technology says report

Law firms should leverage technology to improve responsiveness and help clients extract value from data, says new report from Simmons & Simmons

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Top German independent Hengeler Mueller introduces salaried partner tier

Move set to help firm retain emerging talent in face of competition from international rivals

Winston & Strawn adds 11-strong transactional team in Paris from local boutique

Group including four partners joins from Hoche Avocats to bolster M&A, labour and finance offering

The Global Legal Post launches international comparative guide to Family Asset Protection

Edited by Marcus Dearle, online resource explores how key jurisdictions approach divorce, finance and the media

Lewis Brisbois names new managing partner in wake of mass employment team exodus

'Outstanding leader' Gregory Katz succeeds founder Bob Lewis, who stepped down after more than 100 lawyers left to launch new boutique

US IP office axes patent that a jury had previously ordered Intel to pay $675m for infringing

A patent underlying a jury verdict of over $2bn in damages for infringement has been found unpatentable for obviousness by the US Patent and Trademark Office

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London disputes market would benefit from change, but only in a minor key, says Lord Neuberger

Lord Neuberger's keynote speech at London International Disputes Week had a musical motif, but there were discordant notes amid the harmony

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Macfarlanes ups NQ pay to £115k

Seven percent increase sees City firm remain behind most of magic circle following recent rises

Amazon and Canon join forces in fake goods lawsuit

The household names band together to file a joint trademark infringement lawsuit against fake Canon battery and charger sellers

Holland & Knight absorbs 28-lawyer boutique in Colombia

Group including seven partners join in Bogotá from Cuberos Cortés Gutiérrez just weeks after US firm hired 17-lawyer team in Mexico from Sánchez DeVanny

Baker Botts secures Ashurst energy projects team for Singapore debut

Launch sees US firm regain physical presence in Asia Pacific after shuttering Hong Kong base in 2021

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