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M&A
We round up top lateral hires across the PE, antitrust, M&A and corporate practices in London and New York
M&A
The firm’s global AI and innovation partner and a London corporate transactional partner discuss strategy, rollout, use cases and clients’ own AI
As Islamic finance grows in the UK, law firms are finding new opportunities in structuring deals and facilitating cross-border investment
Arnaud Grünthaler, who joined Morgan Lewis’s Paris office this month, discusses MiCA, stablecoins and the growing opportunity in France’s digital assets market
PE-backed AGRD has struck its second law firm deal in May, adding Swedish firm Moll Wendén to its platform, days after announcing its first international expansion
M&A
We roundup top lateral hires in finance, corporate, PE and M&A practices at law firms across the US and Europe
Nicholas Blake-Knox sets out Walkers’ Ireland growth agenda, client priorities and the market opportunities driving the office’s next phase
The move gives the US firm a four-partner antitrust team across Brussels and London, adding senior firepower in two key European competition hubs
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    Chinese investment into France held steady in 2019 while it dropped across the rest of Europe. Raphaël Chantelot, Fanny Nguyen, Hubert Bazin and Nicolas Vanderchmitt of LPA-CGR avocats review the jurisdiction’s investment advantages
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    Marcus Peter and Kate Yu Rao of GSK Stockmann outline the benefits of Luxembourg as an investment destination and global investment springboard for Chinese investors
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