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Freshfields to scrap ‘Bruckhaus Deringer’ in rebrand

Refreshed brand to be rolled out from October

End of the road as BMW secures victory in patent dispute over vehicle navigation tech

The automotive giant has been embroiled in a legal battle with Swiss-based Beacon Navigation for 13 years

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News | US

eBay lines up TriNet legal head as next CLO

Samantha Wellington replaces Marie Oh Huber, who left the e-commerce giant in June

Norton Rose Fulbright formalises new global leadership structure

Firm replaces global CEO role with global managing partner set up, currently jointly held by Jeff Cody and Peter Scott

Taft to combine with Sherman & Howard in latest large US merger

Tie-up to create firm with revenues of $810m and more than 1,000 lawyers

Kirkland, Freshfields guide $1bn acquisition of stake in BP Pipelines TAP

Freshfields advises BP as Kirkland counsells Apollo-managed funds on acquisition

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Deals | UK

Squire Patton Boggs hires former Trump defence secretary

Mark Esper joins in Washington DC to advise on national security, domestic and foreign policy

Today is the golden era for law firm communications and marketing

Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg discusses the opportunities for law firms to get more creative with marketing and growing brand awareness

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Weil private funds buildout continues with Goodwin partner hire

Karen Chao is the fourth private funds partner to join Weil since late 2023

Eversheds Sutherland names new co-chief executives

Keith Froud and Lino Mendiola take the helm in first leadership change since firm's creation through 2017 merger

Jury orders Samsung to pay $192m in patent suit

Jury in Texas found telecoms giant infringed five patents belonging to tech start-up

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News | US

Cadwalader global litigation co-chair joins Vinson & Elkins in New York

Jason Halper joins alongside newly-minted partner Sara Brauerman

US music publisher the Royalty Network taps Quinn Emanuel for first GC

Daniel Abowd returns to company after three-year hiatus, including spell at the US litigation heavyweight

Kennedys opens offices in Los Angeles and Seattle

UK firm continues US expansion after growth push that began with 2017 merger

Tinder-owner Match Group hires former Twitter GC as next CLO

Sean Edgett replaces Jared Sine, who left in February to join GoDaddy

Womble Bond Dickinson and Lewis Roca announce merger

Combination to create top 70 US firm with revenue of $740m and more than 1,300 lawyers

A&O Shearman, Baker McKenzie score roles on Methanex’s $2.05bn OCI deal

Reed Smith also called in for sale of OCI’s methanol business alongside McCarthy Tétrault and Loyens & Loeff

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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord cement $1.6bn merger

Troutman Pepper Locke to have 1,600 lawyers across 33 US and two European offices

Wall Street stalwarts score lead roles on Verizon’s $20bn Frontier acquisition

Debevoise, Cravath and Paul Weiss called in for deal to boost Verizon’s US fibre network

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Deals | US

Panodil-maker Perrigo hires Haleon interim GC as legal head

Charles Atkinson to replace Todd Kingma, who retires from Perrigo for a second time

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