A number of top firms including Latham & Watkins, Reed Smith, Shoosmiths, DLA Piper and Ashurst are advising as the U.S.’s Apollo-backed Concord Chorus Group takes private the embattled London Stock Exchange-listed music investor Hipgnosis, in yet another blow to the U.K’s premium stock market. Concord, which has agreed to acquire…

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Law firms should expect changes in the dynamic between them and their clients to transform as legal tech, especially AI, grows in prominence, senior in-house lawyers said at conference. Speaking at the Future Lawyer conference in London this week, in-house lawyers and other members of the legal community gathered to discuss…

After being awarded $100,000 in plaintiff damages by a Fulton County State Court jury, ex-NBA player Jordan Hill has been ordered to pay more than $175,000 in attorney’s fees to opposing counsel. The ruling comes one year after defense counsel with Groth, Makarenko, Kaiser & Eidex in Duluth successfully blocked $22…

King & Wood Mallesons is advising Australian mass transit company Kinetic on $2.2 billion in financing arrangements, while Allen & Overy and Allens is advising the lenders. Kinetic, an operator of mass transit systems in Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., and Europe, has raised $2.2 billion to fund its net-zero…

The bribery trial for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, appears more likely to start on its scheduled date of May 6 after one of Menendez’s co-defendants on Thursday agreed to waive his ability to call another co-defendant’s attorney as a witness. Attorneys representing Menendez and New Jersey businessmen Wael…