Vince DiMascio, a consulting partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been appointed as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s first chief digital and information officer. The firm announced this week that AI, data, and analytics are becoming “increasingly central” to client needs.

Effective April 1, 2026, Norton Rose Fulbright’s South African offices will undergo a difficult four-month transition as a result of their mutual decision to terminate its verein agreement.

The second fund of the LegalTech Fund was closed to new investments. The $110 million fund will make early-stage and Series A fundraising round investments in legal tech firms. McDermott, Orrick, Consilio, Clio, and Thomson Reuters Ventures are among the fund’s investors.

Cravath Swaine & Moore said on Tuesday that it will give year-end and “special incentives” to colleagues this year, mirroring Milbank’s summer bonus and starting what looks to be a series of analogous actions. This is an indication of robust financial performance in Big Law.

Laura M. Brank has joined the Washington, D.C.-based international law firm BCLP as a partner in its Corporate Transactions Practice, the firm announced today.

In relation to the closure of a new five-year, $300 million financed term loan facility supplied by funds managed by Silver Point Capital, L.P., Mayer Brown provided legal guidance to America’s Car-Mart, Inc.

In response to the international law firm’s explosive expansion in the St. Louis region, Norton Rose Fulbright has relocated to Commerce Bank Tower in downtown Clayton, Missouri.

Attorney Kathleen Michel Kivarkis is a welcome addition to the firm and the Transportation & Logistics Service Group.

The international legal company BCLP provided advice to Macquarie Capital Venture Capital, NRW.BANK, and TechVision Fund regarding the $20 million Series Seed funding round for Octonomy AI, an AI business based in Cologne.

Sebastian Ma’ilei has joined the tax division at renowned international legal firm Baker McKenzie as a Transfer Pricing Partner in London.