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Another Private Equity Partner Exits HSF Weeks Ahead of Merger

6 days ago | law.com | Louis Altmann

Another Herbert Smith Freehills private equity partner is leaving the firm in the weeks leading up to its merger with U.S. outfit Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel. David Lacaze in Paris is the latest departure from HSF’s private equity team. He focuses on private equity real estate and is joining Norton Rose Fulbright.
HSF Kramer Names First Senior Partner as Maslen-Stannage Re-Elected

1 week ago | law.com | Louis Altmann

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Partner Promotion Numbers Dip to Pre-Pandemic Levels

2 weeks ago | law.com | Louis Altmann

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Freshfields Promotes 25 to Partner

3 weeks ago | law.com | Louis Altmann

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
DLA Piper Rolls Out AI-Generated Lawyer Negotiation Training Program

4 weeks ago | law.com | Louis Altmann

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Freshfields, Latham, Simpson Thacher Among Firms on PE Megadeals

1 month ago | law.com | Louis Altmann

Freshfields, Latham & Watkins, Travers Smith and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have all provided counsel for multi-billion dollar private equity transactions. Freshfields advised private equity firm Permira on the sale of the remainder of its minority interest in German software firm P&I to fellow shareholder Hg Capital. The deal values P&I at €5.5 billion.
HSF and Kramer Levin Partners Approve Merger

1 month ago | law.com | Louis Altmann

Partners at Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel have voted "overwhelmingly" to approve the transatlantic merger of the two firms, which will go live on 1 June, a month later than originally planned. For the merger to succeed, leaders at both firms required a 75% approval rate from their respective partnerships. Though the firms declined to provide a voter breakdown, a spokesperson at HSF said that an "absolutely overwhelming" number approved of the merger.
'Serious Concerns' Raised in SRA and BSB Performance Reviews

1 month ago | law.com | Louis Altmann

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Bar Standards Board (BSB) have been criticised by the Legal Services Board, the umbrella watchdog for the U.K.'s legal services, in its annual regulatory performance assessment. The SRA and BSB were deemed to have given “insufficient assurance” to the Legal Services Board (LSB) on their operational delivery, while the BSB also gave insufficient assurance on its leadership, according to the report.
Macfarlanes Trio Leaves For DAC Beachcroft

1 month ago | law.com | Louis Altmann

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Slaughters and CMS Work on Deal to Create UK's Second-Largest Oil Producer

1 month ago | law.com | Louis Altmann

Slaughter and May is advising longstanding client Repsol E&P on the combination of the U.K. branches of Repsol and NEO, with CMS on the latter side of the deal. The merger, worth several billion, is expected to create the second-biggest producer of oil in the U.K. Continental Shelf at an average of 130,000 barrels per day. The largest, another recent consolidation between Shell and Equinor, is expected to produce 140,000.