Cooley announced it has been selected as an Official Legal Services Provider of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Team USA. As part of the partnership, Cooley will provide a full suite of legal services to LA28 over the next three years, supporting both corporate and litigation matters as the organization prepares to host
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has recruited highly regarded financial services and regulatory lawyer Emma Rachmaninov from Freshfields, further expanding the firm’s London financial team. Rachmaninov will co-head its European financial services and funds regulatory team. Media release is here – Simpson Thacher has announced that Emma Rachmaninov will join the Firm’s European Funds Practice in
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Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has advised Vault Minerals Ltd (Vault) (ASX: VAU) on its proposed merger with Genesis Minerals Ltd (Genesis) (ASX: GMD) to create a top three Australian gold producer with a pro forma market capitalisation of approximately A$12.6 billion. The proposed transaction follows the previously announced A$10.7 billion ‘merger
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A former Open Country Dairy Limited (OCD) group market manager has pleaded guilty to receiving more than $250,000 in kickbacks from an overseas customer, following a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation. Simon Stewart has entered a guilty plea in the Manukau District Court to one representative charge of acceptance of gift by agent under section
Linklaters has intensified its push into the US legal market with the hire of veteran litigators H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel Levi from Paul Weiss, bolstering both its disputes capability and its global sports practice. Boehning will chair Linklaters’ Global Sports Practice and US Strategic Disputes group, bringing heavyweight clients including FIFA and Regeneron. The
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Dunedin-based boutique law firm Reid Cooper Gray has strengthened its leadership structure, announcing the promotion of litigation specialist Charlotte Moran to Principal. Moran joins co-founders Michaela Ryan and Warren Moffat at the helm of the firm, which launched in November 2024 with a mission to challenge traditional legal sector norms. The three Principals are long-time
Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (HSF Kramer) has retained its status as Australia’s leading legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions, topping three league tables for H1 2026. The firm ranked: Andrew Rich, Corporate M&A partner, said it has been a busy year for dealmaking so far despite the uncertainty that marked the
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Bell Gully was the only New Zealand law firm ranked among the top 20 advisers in Bloomberg’s H1 2026 Global M&A Legal League Tables for the Australasian market. Bell Gully ranked 14th in Bloomberg’s Global M&A league tables for Australasia based on announced transactions with a value of US$7.8 billion (NZ$13.7 billion). The ranking reflects
National law firm Foot Anstey has launched a dedicated ‘supervising solicitor’ service in Manchester to support other lawyers across the city dealing with urgent imaging orders, search orders and other court-led processes involving digital evidence. The new service line meets a growing demand for experienced supervising solicitors as commercial disputes increasingly involve digital evidence held across email
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The Financial Conduct Authority has charged former London solicitor Richard Bloomfield with five counts of insider dealing linked to the acquisition of maternity fashion retailer Seraphine Group PLC. The regulator alleges that Bloomfield, 38, obtained confidential information while working on the proposed takeover of Seraphine and used that information to trade in the company’s shares
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