Law

Freshfields Launches In Boston As Part Of Expansion Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Leading global law firm Freshfields announced that it is opening an office in Boston as it enters the next phase of its U.S. expansion. And Boston-based Private Capital M&A partner Matthew Goulding has joined the firm as managing partner of our new office and will lead the Boston build out.

Dentons: Alex Moezi Named As Partner In London-Based Structured Finance Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Dentons announced it had welcomed experienced securitization and structured finance lawyer Alex Moezi to its Debt Capital Markets, Structured Finance, and Derivatives team in London. And Moezi joins Dentons from A&O Shearman and has a background in securitization and structured finance that covers a variety of consumer assets and trade receivables, acting for major international investment banks, private equity firms, specialist lenders, and corporates, focusing on the consumer and SME sectors.

Dentons: Aidan McCormack And Mark Deckman Joins Litigation Practice In NY

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2025

Dentons announced that Aidan M. McCormack and Mark L. Deckman have joined the Firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as partners in the New York office. And both are leading lawyers in the insurance industry with decades of experience representing insurance and financial services industry clients in a wide range of matters, including their complex exposures on the national and global level.

White & Case: Jiang Liu Named As Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Global law firm White & Case announced it has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice, Financial Services Regulatory Practice and Global Financial Institutions Industry Group with the addition of Jiang Liu as a partner in New York.

DLA Piper: Jonathan Haray Added To White Collar, Investigations, And Government Enforcement Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

DLA Piper announced it has welcomed back Jonathan Haray as a partner in the White Collar, Investigations, and Government Enforcement Subgroup within the Litigation Practice. He will be based in the Washington, DC, office.

Weil: Seth Kerschner Named As Environmental Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges announced that environmental lawyer Seth Kerschner has joined the firm as a partner in the Regulatory Transactions Group, based in the New York office.

Harvey: $300 Million (Series D) Raised At $3 Billion Valuation For Legal AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Harvey recently announced the Series D funding round led by Sequoia and including Coatue, Kleiner Perkins, OpenAI Startup Fund, GV, Conviction, Elad Gil, and REV, the venture capital arm of RELX Group which owns LexisNexis Legal & Professional. This round of funding was raised at a $3 billion valuation.

Sidley: Sarah Carlson Joins As Partner In Litigation Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Sidley announced that Sarah Carlson has joined as a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice in San Diego.

Sidley: Enrique Conde Joins As Corporate Partner In M&A And Private Equity Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

Sidley announced that Enrique Conde will join as a corporate partner in the firm’s M&A and Private Equity practice in Miami. And he joins from Holland & Knight, where he was a partner in the Corporate, M&A and Securities and Latin America Practice groups.

Dentons: Joanna Dimmock Added To Disputes, Regulatory And Investigations Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

Dentons announced it has welcomed white-collar crime and investigations specialist Joanna Dimmock as a partner to its Disputes, Regulatory, and Investigations team in London. Joanna will join Dentons on February 24.

Clifford Chance: Patrick Scott Named As Partner On Private Capital Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

Global law firm Clifford Chance announced that Patrick Scott will join the global Private Capital team as a Partner based in London.

Dentons: Matt Coleman And Louise McCoach Join As Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 20, 2025

Dentons recently added two new partners recently: Melbourne Infrastructure, Energy, and Major Projects Partner Matt Coleman and Sydney Financial Institutions Partner Louise McCoach.

Latham & Watkins: Leading Private Capital Lawyer Jerome McCluskey Joins As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 20, 2025

Latham & Watkins announced that Jerome McCluskey has joined the firm as a partner in the Banking and Private Equity Finance Practices. He is a resident of the New York office and looks forward to expanding his practice to Boston.

SpotDraft: $54 Million (Series B) Raised For Helping Legal Teams Manage Contract Ecosystems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 19, 2025

SpotDraft, a CLM platform that helps in-house legal teams manage their contract ecosystems, announced it has raised $54 million in Series B funding. Vertex Growth Singapore and Trident Partners were the lead investors, and the existing investors (Xeed VC, Arkam Ventures, Prosus Ventures, and Premji Invest) also participated in this round.

Blank Rome Brings In Trio Of Regulatory & Litigation Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 19, 2025

Blank Rome has welcomed Rachael G. Pontikes, Emily L. Hussey, and Shannon E. McClure as partners in the firm’s Life Sciences industry team and Business Litigation group. Rachael and Emily joined the firm’s Chicago office, and McClure joined the Philadelphia office. Before joining Blank Rome, the attorneys practiced at Reed Smith.

Blank Rome: Trial Lawyer Christina Manfredi McKinley Named As Partner In Pittsburgh

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 19, 2025

Blank Rome announced that Christina Manfredi McKinley has joined the firm’s Pittsburgh office as a partner in the Business Litigation group and member of the Energy industry team.

Sidley Adds New Litigation Partners Matthew Devine And Brienne Letourneau

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 18, 2025

Sidley announced that Matthew Devine, Office Executive Partner of the Chicago office of White & Case, and Brienne Letourneau have joined Sidley’s Litigation practice as partners in the Chicago office. And they were both partners in the Global Commercial Litigation practice at White & Case.

Augmetec: Over £2 Million (Seed) Raised To Help Legal Teams Standardize Processes And Eliminate Inefficiencies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 18, 2025

Augmetec, a legal tech startup founded and led by Kritin Sundaram, announced that it has raised over £2 million in seed funding. The funding round is led by UK-based early-stage investors Fuel Ventures, with participation from Swiss fund 14Peaks Capital, and three industry angel investors, such as the Founding Partner of one of the world’s largest law firms, the family office of over $1 billion legal tech organizations, and the Head of Fraud at Asia’s largest law firm.

Alexi: C$4.5 Million Raised For AI Litigation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2025

Alexi, a leading AI litigation platform, announced a C$4.5 million debt facility from TD Innovation Partners (TDIP). This new financing, which adds to its $15 million Series A in 2024, led by Drive Capital, will fuel Alexi’s continued growth, drive product innovation, and continue its mission of providing the legal community with cutting-edge AI tools.

Eudia: $105 Million (Series A) Raised To Enhance Legal Work With Augmented Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2025

Eudia, an Augmented Intelligence platform for Fortune 500 legal teams, announced the closing of its Series A funding round for up to $105 million, led by General Catalyst with participation from Floodgate, Sierra Ventures, Hakluyt Capital, Defy, Everywhere Ventures, B3 Capital, Backbone, Firsthand, and renowned angel investors Gokul Rajaram, Chris Re, Andrew Sieja, Mike Gamson, and Scott Belsky.