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Latham, Skadden and Paul Weiss among firms advising on $6.9bn Squarespace take private


Private equity firm Permira is leading the deal, with support from General Atlantic and Accel

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Deals | US

US Supreme Court says no time limit on damages in copyright dispute involving Warner Music

Uncertainty regarding impact of ruling over work sampled in artist Flo Rida’s music as it relies on a “discovery rule” that could be invalidated in future cases

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News | US

Lument promotes deputy to GC as legal head steps aside

Stephanie Culpepper replaces Jim Henson, who will focus on his role as president of Lument Finance Trust

Sullivan & Cromwell eyes artificial intelligence growth with new practice launch

New AI practice will be co-led by partners Nader Mousavi, Mehdi Ansari and Presley Warner

Alston & Bird boosts US litigation group with Pryor Cashman partner hire

Scott Schirick joins in New York where he will focus on federal and state litigation, regulatory and white collar matters

SPAM-owner Hormel Foods taps Hertz to end hunt for GC replacement

Colleen Batcheler to take legal head role, which has been vacant since Lori Marco left in October


Skadden recruits SoFi GC, Shearman fintech co-chair to lead financial institutions regulatory group

Adam Cohen and Mark Chorazak join in New York and Washington DC respectively amid increasing US bank regulation

Space internet business AST SpaceMobile hires CLO

Andrew Johnson joins from 3D Systems, replacing outgoing GC Brian Heller

Top legal trends in the luxury superyacht market in 2024

Foster Garvey lawyers Kevin Frisch and Erika Johnson discuss insights from the recent SuperYacht Law Summit and other trends affecting the luxury yacht market

Lumen Technologies names former Sabre CLO as next legal head

Chad Ho is replacing long-time legal chief Stacey Goff, who is exiting after 26 years with the company

Paul Weiss launches Latin America practice with corporate hire from Willkie Farr

M&A partner Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza joins in New York having founded and led Willkie’s LatAm practice

Top US patent litigation team joins Mintz from Proskauer Rose

Led by respected life sciences litigator Siegmund Gutman, the team of 10 move over from Proskauer Rose

Southwest Airlines upgrades legal VP to GC as veteran legal chief steps down

Jeff Novota will replace Mark Shaw, who is moving to an advisor role after almost 24 years as CLO

Clifford Chance underlines US ambitions with hires from Shearman and White & Case

Announcement of former Shearman tax partner’s arrival came on day A&O Shearman came into being

UPC issues preliminary injunction in DNA kits patent spat

Düsseldorf local division orders US life sciences company Curio Bioscience to stop selling its products in Germany, France and Sweden in dispute with rival 10x Genomics

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News | US

EY promotes deputy to GC as global legal chief announces retirement

David Weintraub will replace Michael Solender at the Big Four firm in July

Blank Rome hires 25-strong team from Burns & Levinson to open in Boston

Group includes 13 partners including Frank Segall and Josef Volman, who will co-chair new office

Simpson Thacher adds Skadden funds partner ahead of Boston debut

Kenneth Burdon to be joined by Simpson Thacher funds partner Nathan Somogie for launch later this year

‘A platform like no other’ – A&O Shearman goes live

Transatlantic merger creates global giant with nearly 4,000 lawyers and $3.5bn revenue

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News | UK

GSK sues Pfizer and BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine technology

UK pharmaceutical firm enters the fray in the battle over mRNA technology used to develop blockbuster vaccines

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