The Latest KC Cohort Displays A Range of Legal Expertise The latest round of KCs to join the silk ranks include two former Lawyers of the Year, Cassie Nicholson and Tiana Epati. The 12 new Kings’ Counsel were selected from 107 applicants Attorney General apart from Chief Parliamentary Counsel Cassie Nicholson who is not a […]
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The chair of Ropes & Gray’s IP litigation practice has moved to Sheppard Mullin with a 20-lawyer team from his former chair, taking four partneres and 16 counsel and associates. The lawyers include lawyers from Sheppard Mullin’s Manhattan, Silicon Valley, Washington DC and Seoul offices. Sheppard Mullin has worked to increase its IP law firm,
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BigLaw Partner Saves Claire’s, Pays with His Ear Claire’s—the teenage rite-of-passage retailer better known for cheap studs and squealing mall rats than for balance sheets—was on the brink of bankruptcy again. For the second time in seven years, the 64-year-old chain was staring at liquidation and a lost legacy of slightly lopsided piercings. Enter Kirkland
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Which Lawyers Got the Cream in the Massive NZ Deal The sale of Fonterra’s global consumer and associated businesses, the Mainland Group, to French dairy giant Lactalis for a reported $4.2 billion was never going to be just a farmer-to-farmer handshake. It turned into one of the most lucrative ticket-clipping exercises for New Zealand and
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Law firm websites are usually a parade of scales-of-justice clip art and grim headshots, but S.A.J. Legal Solicitors once broke the mould with something far more… caprine. As RollOnFriday gleefully reported, the firm’s ethos was embodied by the Markhor—a mountain goat famed for thriving in the Himalayas’ toughest conditions. The site waxed lyrical about resilience,
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What Lawyers Could Learn from Fashion’s Last Emperor Norma Harris, Contributing writer Giorgio Armani died last week at 91, still clutching the reins of his $12 billion empire like a silk-suited Napoleon. While the fashion world mourns the loss of its most stubborn perfectionist, lawyers—those other merchants of expensive suits—might want to examine what the
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Orrick has staged a raid worthy of Wall Street, swiping an eight-partner finance team from Cadwalader—four in London, four in the US—just as CLOs and private credit are reshaping global markets, Global Legal Post reports. The London Line-Up Leading the London contingent is David Quirolo, (pictured) flanked by Claire Puddicombe, Daniel Tobias and Alexander Collins.
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An Indiana lawyer named Mark S. Zuckerberg—yes, the poor sap with the same name as Facebook’s overlord—finally snapped and decided to drag Meta into court. For years, Meta’s slapdash algorithms have been booting him off the platform, accusing him of impersonating a billionaire. His business page got canned five times, personal one four, while he
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A vastly experienced former assistant to the solicitor general at the Department of Justice and leading appellate lawyer has returned to Paul Weiss in Washington DC in a welcome reversal of defections from the law firm following its deal with the Trump administration. Masha Hansford returns to the firm as a partner after five years
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From Bench to Boardroom Justice Simon Moore KC’s farewell from the High Court in Auckland earlier this year was meant to mark the end of his distinguished judicial career. But like many good retirement stories, this one came with an unexpected twist. The former High Court judge and long-term Crown Solicitor has joined Tavendale & Partners
