Michael Saliba led Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s team advising Apollo Global Securities, LLC regarding financing for Soho House & Co Inc.

Dr Nicolas Kredel led Baker McKenzie’s team advising Warner Bros. Discovery Germany regarding a joint venture with RTLZWEI.

Earlier recruiting leads some law firms to base their summer recruitment on grades from the first semester.

Baker Donelson appoints Kent Lambert, a shareholder in the Firm’s New Orleans office, as chair of the Logistics, Energy, and Manufacturing Litigation Group; Kimberly A. Chojnacki, a shareholder in Baker Donelson’s Houston office, as vice chair of the Firm’s Logistics, Energy, and Manufacturing Litigation Group; and Noah Kressler, also of New Orleans, as managing shareholder…

Sullivan & Cromwell represented Hudbay Minerals in regard to its entrance into a joint venture agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation that will see Mitsubishi acquire a 30% stake in Copper World, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hudbay, for $600 million.

Littler Mendelson opens a Montreal, Canada office.

Bell Nunnally adds Attorney Cheryl P. Leb as partner and member of its Intellectual Property practice. She comes to the firm from Kelly Hart & Hallman in Fort Worth.

Taft Stettinius & Hollister is adding more than 100 lawyers via a merger with Morris, Manning & Martin, the ailing Atlanta-based law firm which has lost nearly half of its head count since last year.

Ropes & Gray served as legal counsel to Audax Strategic Capital in the final close of its inaugural fund, Audax Private Equity Solutions Fund with approximately $1.3 billion of total capital.

Dunn Isaacson Rhee is adding a public-interest litigator.