As a profession, lawyers are largely considered to be slow adopters of technology. Lawyers are trained to be cautious and conscientious and to consider risks of the way they approach an issue. Sometimes this leads to lawyers being slower to incorporate new developments in technology into their own practices than their peers…

LexisNexis announced on Monday that it has agreed to acquire Belgian contract drafting startup Henchman. The transaction is expected to close early in the second half of 2024, pending customary regulatory consent. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Under the terms of the deal, the entire Henchman…

Poteat v. Asteak, 2024 Pa. Super. LEXIS 99, 2024 WL 1202926 (March 21, 2024) (Dubow, J.), is yet another example of the blurring of the line between contract and negligence actions under the guise of the gist of the action doctrine. Typically, in reviewing causes of action, the courts have been…

Clifford Chance, Bredin Prat, and Gide Loyrette Nouel have all scored roles as Canadian investment group Brookfield acquires a majority stake in French renewable company Neoen in one of the largest European take-privates this year. Under the terms of the deal, asset managers Brookfield, alongside Singapore state-owned Temasek, will become the…

Partner Shilpa Bhandarkar heads up Linklaters’ client tech & AI offering. She is CEO of the firm’s flagship contracting platform CreateiQ and co-chairing its Gen AI steering group. She was promoted to the firm’s global partnership in March this year. She started her legal career as an energy and infrastructure and then corporate lawyer,…

Paul Hastings is growing its private credit group with an 11-partner team from King & Spalding that will bolster its New York, Chicago, Houston and Washington, D.C., offices. Included in that group is Jennifer Daly, who was the co-head of King & Spalding’s finance and restructuring practice at the time of her departure…