Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its competition practice with a dual-hire from Weil Gotshal & Manges.

Morrison Cohen has hired Joshua Garcia as a digital assets partner in New York. He joins the firm after more than 7 years at Ketsal, a boutique firm he co-founded.

Paul Weiss has brought on Kelann Stirling as the new head of project finance and development from Kirkland, and Jamie Franklin, a finance partner from White & Case.

Orrick recently invested in The LegalTech Fund’s second investment fund, seeking both useful technology and market insight, as well as a financial return on the investment.

Holland & Knight brought on Roy Bonilla, the former general counsel for the Texas A&M University System in Austin, and Christopher Jaarda, a former policy adviser to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson in Washington, D.C., as partners.

Law firms are having to revisit how they have historically trained attorneys on new technology to account for AI’s constant changes and complex risk factors.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom acted as counsel for Netflix in its $83 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). At the same time, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Debevoise & Plimpton represented Warner Bros in the deal.

Kirkland & Ellis continues to build on its litigation and mass torts hiring streak by adding two litigation group leaders from Orrick. Meghan Kelly will be based in Philadelphia, and Bill Oxley will be in Los Angeles.

Recently, Capital Community Bank (CCBank) received advice from K&L Gates LLP regarding two purchases of US federal income tax credits.

In Fibranet, Sociedad Anónima v. Republic of El Salvador (ICSID Case No. ARB/25/6), an international investment arbitration initiated under the CAFTA-DR and CACM treaties, Arnold & Porter has secured a settlement for the Republic of El Salvador.