Brett M. Pinkus, a partner in the Intellectual Property practice division at Spencer Fane LLP, has joined the firm’s Dallas office. In addition to representing clients in federal district courts and other venues across the nation, Brett focuses his practice on patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation.

In the US$181 million IPO of BlueStone Jewellery & Lifestyle Limited, a prominent digital-first jewelry brand in India that provides an omni-channel retail experience for its contemporary lifestyle jewelry under its flagship brand “BlueStone,” Hogan Lovells served as US counsel to the book running lead managers.

Burr & Forman is happy to announce the hiring of Dylan Patel as an associate in Birmingham in the firm’s Financial Services Litigation practice group.

Houlihan Lokey, which acted as Vital Energy, Inc.’s financial advisor and provided the board of directors with a fairness assessment in Vital’s merger with Crescent Energy Company, had Gibson Dunn as its counsel. Crescent will pay almost $3.1 billion to buy Vital under the terms of the merger agreement.

Regarding the antitrust and competition issues surrounding Bayer’s worldwide exclusive license and precision oncology partnership with Kumquat Biosciences, Inc., Baker McKenzie provided advice.

With a cross-border team from Germany and the Netherlands, Hogan Lovells has advised longtime client JTL-Software-GmbH on the purchase of Bringly, a sustainable logtech platform with intelligent logistics software for Dutch merchants and sustainable carriers.

Adam Dawson has joined Gibson Dunn’s Brussels office as a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group, the company announced today. Adam has advised clients on intricate international transactions and coordinated files across several jurisdictions, giving him a wealth of knowledge in merger control and foreign investment screening.

The $1.2 billion acquisition of GS Inima, a world leader in water and wastewater treatment and water desalination, from GS Engineering & Construction was advised by Dentons on behalf of one of the biggest listed integrated utilities in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Billing rates’ rising trend still doesn’t seem to be slowing down.

During the first half of 2025, two Am Law 100 companies that were expanding in the Southeast were among the biggest users of office space. According to a recent survey, leasing by the legal sector saw the largest increases in seven years. Some of the biggest locations leased in the first half of this year…