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  • 3 weeks ago | law.com | Rick Mitchell

    At least two law firms are advising on Canadian energy company North Atlantic’s “exclusive” negotiations with ExxonMobil to acquire the U.S. giant’s refining operations and related assets in France. Bredin Prat is advising North Atlantic on its plan to acquire the 82.89% stake that ExxonMobil holds in Esso Société Anonyme Française and to acquire 100% of ExxonMobil Chemical France SAS, the firm said.

  • 3 weeks ago | law.com | Rick Mitchell

    Clifford Chance has hired the head of Deloitte’s legal outpost in Spain as a partner for its commercial litigation and regulatory investigations practice based in Madrid. María Guinot will join Clifford Chance in the coming weeks. She arrives after close to six years as a partner at Deloitte Legal Spain, where she also leads the regulatory department. Guinot, with more than 20 years of experience, is also a senior state attorney on a leave of absence.

  • 3 weeks ago | law.com | Rick Mitchell

    Microsoft said it has "disconnected" the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor from its services in response to Trump-administration sanctions, but denied claims—including from the ICC itself—that it cut off the entire prosecutorial office in the Hague. The disconnection comes amid EU concerns about risks to its digital sovereignty posed by over-reliance on U.S. tech companies.

  • 3 weeks ago | law.com | Rick Mitchell

    Microsoft said it has "disconnected" the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor from its services in response to Trump-administration sanctions, but denied claims—including from the ICC itself—that it cut off the entire prosecutorial office in the Hague. The disconnection comes amid EU concerns about risks to its digital sovereignty posed by over-reliance on U.S. tech companies.

  • 1 month ago | law.com | Rick Mitchell

    Helped by one of Europe’s most stable governments and a push for scale in a rapidly digitalizing market, Italy-related M&A is booming with deal counts up by around 40% from their Covid level. Nowhere is that more true than in the country’s banking and finance sector, which has seen a wave of M&A transactions that have generated business for law firms.

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Rick Mitchell
Rick Mitchell @LegalAvocadoRM
15 May 25

Kim Kardashian brought in legal heavyweights including former star Cooley partner Michael Rhodes as she took the stand in a Paris trial of 10 people accused of robbing her of millions in jewelry during a 2016 heist at the height of Paris Fashion Week. https://t.co/xJZuY7CpuE

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22 Apr 25

During the recent #Paris Arbitration Week, arbitration attorneys and other professionals met to discuss ethical, #legal, and #regulatory challenges raised for their profession by use of artificial intelligence. #PAW2025 #AI #arbitration https://t.co/g89BHaV83O

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Rick Mitchell @LegalAvocadoRM
14 Apr 25

I asked #Arbitration specialists around the world to weigh in on possible fallout of Trump's on again, off again #TariffWar ... https://t.co/15QUiiONo3