Legal News & Industry Insights

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Wilmer Hires Former BNP Paribas Managing Director, Treasury Department Counsel
BNP Paribas’ former managing director Sean Thornton has joined WilmerHale’s Boston office as a partner.
December 3, 2025
Life360 Taps Expedia Vet as General Counsel
Matthew Cullen is joining Life360 as the company continues to grow rapidly, with monthly active users nearly doubling over the...
December 3, 2025
Addleshaw Goddard Taps PE Firm For Senior In-House Hire
Addleshaw Goddard has hired Farhod Moghadam, a senior in-house lawyer from the real estate funds manager Patron Capital, as a...
December 3, 2025
People in the News—Dec. 2, 2025—Saxton & Stump, Dechert
Magisterial District Judge Kathryn H. Silcox will be joining Saxton & Stump’s York and Harrisburg offices as senior counsel in...
December 3, 2025
Latham Global Hospitality Co-Chair Moves to Kirkland
Meghan Cocci joins Kirkland & Ellis’s real estate practice from Latham & Watkins, where she served as the global co-chair...
December 3, 2025
Wilson Sonsini Appoints Bicoastal Co-Managing Partners to Succeed Retiring Doug Clark
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati managing partner Doug Clark is stepping down from the role next summer and plans to...
December 3, 2025
Crowell Moves to New Chicago Space, as Office Use Becomes ‘a Dialogue’
Crowell & Moring has pared down its Chicago space, going from 78,000 square feet to roughly 50,000 square feet at...
December 3, 2025
As Trade-Focused Laterals Persist, DLA Piper Hires Office of Investment Security Director
DLA Piper has hired leading Commerce Department investment security lawyer Adam Vaccaro to join its Washington, D.C. office as a...
December 3, 2025
Asia Is The Forgotten Continent in Law Firm Merger Talks
Asia is ignored in this recent merger round involving Cadwalader, McDermott, Ashurst, and Perkins Coie.
December 3, 2025
Gibson Dunn Aims to Reach 500 Lawyers in Its London Office
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is plotting a significant scaling up of its London office to 500 lawyers or more over...
December 3, 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright advises lenders on €1.185 billion debt financing to Vulcan Energy
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a syndicate of 13 financial institutions on a €1.185 billion debt financing package for operational...
December 3, 2025
K&L Gates Expands Finance Practice With Two Charlotte Additions
Sean Corcoran and Scott Rudd have joined K&L Gates LLP’s finance practice as of counsel attorneys. Rudd comes from Mayer...
December 3, 2025