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FedEx promotes 30-year in-house regulatory affairs veteran to become next GC

Gina Adams, who has been with FedEx since 1992, will replace retiring Mark Allen

Former ICSID secretary general launches disputes boutique with Steptoe veteran

Meg Kinnear joins forces with former Steptoe & Johnson partner Lucinda Low for new DC firm

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DLA Piper launches legal delivery centre in Germany with Pinsent Masons duo

Partners Michael Zollner and Carl Renner join having co-headed Pinsents’ flexi-lawyering arm Vario in Germany

Gibson Dunn adds private equity duo in London from White & Case

Partner Will Summers joins alongside newly-minted of counsel Michael Skouras

King & Spalding, NRF navigate $500m financing for Abercrombie & Kent

Facility underwritten by Citi will assist expansion of A&K, including that of Crystal Cruises

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White & Case recruits Weil partner to lead Paris restructuring team

Anne-Sophie Noury’s arrival follows team exits earlier this year from White & Case to Jones Day and Hogan Lovells

US chip-maker Credo replaces CLO for second time this year with Automation Anywhere hire

Jim Laufman replaces Kate Schuelke, who only joined from Seagate in January

Norton Rose Fulbright rings in revenue, profit rises

Europe, Middle East and Asia business hails fifth consecutive year of growth

Mathys & Squire granted access to documents in UPC transparency test case

The way the request was processed still raises ‘significant concerns’, says the firm

Sidley recruits McDermott’s Los Angeles litigation team head

Jon Dean continues Chicago firm’s Southern California growth push

IMF announces departure of its first woman GC as hunt for replacement begins

Long-time IMF lawyer Rhoda Weeks-Brown will retire at the end of September

HFW adds top-flight restructuring duo in Melbourne from Johnson Winter Slattery

Partners Paul Buitendag and Rena Solomonidis join amid sharp uptick in insolvencies in Australia

Judge reverses copyright infringement verdict against Disney over special effects in Beauty and the Beast

Jury’s award for vicarious infringement over contractor’s use of software overturned by judge

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Kirkland adds restructuring duo in Germany from Gleiss Lutz

Christian Halàsz and Friedrich Schlott build out Kirkland’s new Frankfurt office

Singapore Convention Week stresses ‘dialogue and innovation’

Singapore’s law minister praises multilateralism and warns of ‘much more challenging outlook for businesses and lawyers’

US law firms ring in strong performance in first half

Top 50 firms fuelled average 11.4% rise in revenue according to Wells Fargo report

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Paul Weiss hires rising M&A star from Cleary in New York

Nickolas Bogdanovich joins after Cleary M&A partner James Langston defected to Paul Weiss in May

Mike Lynch: the legaltech pioneer embroiled in an epic transatlantic legal fight

Autonomy founder killed in Sicily yacht sinking had secured a memorable victory, but other legal battles loomed, reports Ben Rigby

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‘Family man first, amazing lawyer second’: tributes paid to CC partner killed in Sicily yacht sinking

Clifford Chance ‘heartbroken’ after deaths of Christopher Morvillo and wife Neda are confirmed

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Crash Champions hires former GEICO legal head as new CLO

Seth Ingall, who left GEICO earlier this year after nearly 40 years, replaces Paul Ruiter

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