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Kirkland & Ellis, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and other U.S. firms have been making some bold moves in the U.K. Could they be setting a new tone in the London legal market?

Agence France-Presse this week sued X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, in a French court for failing to discuss potential payment for the distribution of AFP content, in accordance with French copyright law.

The firm has added 11% to its top line while profit growth has eased.

The acquisition is expected to extend Consilio's U.K. business and expand the company's Enterprise Legal Services (ELS) operations to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. It is the latest move in a pattern of expansion for Consilio in recent years, bolstering the company's enterprise legal services capabilities and international reach.

The acquisition is expected to extend Consilio's U.K. business and expand the company's Enterprise Legal Services (ELS) operations to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. It is the latest move in a pattern of expansion for Consilio in recent years, bolstering the company's enterprise legal services capabilities and international reach.

It is the latest blow for Paul Weiss' UK practice, which parted ways with two partners in May.

Kering, the publicly traded French luxury multinational run by the Pinault family, has agreed to acquire 30% of Valentino from Mayhoola Lux.

As Pope Francis arrives in Lisbon for World Youth Day, we speak to Abreu Advogados lawyers involved behind the scene.

£38 million of revenue came from inbound work outside the UKIME region, an 8.6% increase.

The new launch means the firm now has a Latin American presence in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, as well as an office in Miami.

Ropes & Gray confirmed that the four days a week in the office also applies to lawyers in London and Dublin, and said lawyers in Asia offices have returned to pre-pandemic norms of five days a week in the office.

The new recruits come from two Australian law firms.

Some have downplayed the implications of the UK court's ruling, while others say the fallout could be 'massive' and will hurt consumers and help corporates.

Linklaters, Orrick, PLMJ and Deloitte support VINCI Airports on country's first concession for a major public infrastructure.

New Jersey's law "undermines those federal sanctions authorities by obstructing the president's authority to control economic sanctions against Russia and Belarus," according to the suit.

Reed Smith also recently hired two prominent partners from McDermott Will & Emery, including the firm's private equity head and the founder of McDermott in Germany.

The move follows the exits of two teams in London over recent weeks.

The European Commission is to investigate the possibility that, by tying or bundling its products, Microsoft has acted "to the detriment of customers in the European Economic Area".

The lawsuit comes about three weeks after Yamazaki Marunouchi Law Office launched a lawsuit against Credit Suisse Securities Japan for bonds linked to a now-bankrupt Greensill Capital-run fund.

It is the US firm's latest significant hire from one of the world's largest alternative investment companies.