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1 week ago |
law.com | James Jackson
Friedrich Merz was elected German chancellor in a dramatic parliamentary vote today, bouncing back from a first-round defeat with an agenda focused on tax cuts, reduced bureaucracy, lower energy costs, and a stable German economy—changes eagerly awaited by Big Law and its clients. But the surprising defeat in the first round has weakened his standing in the eyes of some and signaled challenges for his government.
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2 weeks ago |
law.com | James Jackson
A leading antitrust specialist will join Latham & Watkins’ Düsseldorf office as a partner from White & Case. Tilman Kuhn has advised on a variety of cartel matters, conduct investigation and civil litigation, including representing Dow chemical on their $130 billion merger with Dupont as well as in pharmaceuticals and achieved the first-ever annulment of a dawn raid search warrant of the German competition authority in an ongoing cartel investigation.
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2 weeks ago |
law.com | James Jackson
Russian prosecutors have filed a claim in a Moscow court against German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea as well as against its legal counsel Aruelius Cotta, threatening them with a €7.5 billion fine if they pursue international arbitration. Last week, the German Bar Association (DAV) condemned the inclusion of lawyers in the claim, characterizing it as an act of intimidation.
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3 weeks ago |
law.com | James Jackson
Freshfields and Clifford Chance have taken the lead roles on the merger of two of Switzerland’s largest insurance firms. The deal between Baloise and Helvetia will create the second largest Swiss insurance group and one of the top 10 in Europe, with a combined business volume of CHF20 billion ($24 billion) and domestic market share of around 20%, as well as businesses across eight countries.
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3 weeks ago |
law.com | James Jackson
The CMS-linked legal AI startup Noxtua has announced a strategic partnership with an €80.7 million Series B funding investment from Dentons, top German legal publisher C.H. Beck, and cloud computing company Northern Data. Amid the deteriorating relationship between Europe and the U.S., Noxtua is billing itself as the “European sovereign legal AI,” compliant with Europe’s strict data protection regulations, known as GDPR.
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