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International Law Firm of the Year: A Q&A with Sidley Austin's London Managing Partner

Tom Thesing, Sidley Austin's London head, discusses what's behind Sidley's success after being crowned International Law Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards.
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UK Law Firm of the Year: A Q&A With HFW

HFW's managing partner, Jeremy Shebson and global senior partner, Giles Kavanagh, share their thoughts after being crowned U.K. Law Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards.
5 minute read

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Inside Travers Smith's AI Training, Development Efforts

The firm aims to expose its employees to gen AI through experimentation and training modules as a way to stay up to date with the fast-evolving technology.
5 minute read

International Edition

'Always Find Ways to Improve': Stikeman Elliott's New Chair on AI, International Growth, Talent, Compensation and Other Legal Industry Challenges

Montreal partner Peter Castiel took on the role of chair at the elite Canadian firm this month.
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From Olympic Aspirations to Legal Innovation: Tom Dunlop's Journey to Founding Summize

Although Tom Dunlop is now deeply immersed in the legal profession, his first passion was sports. A former pro-badminton player, Dunlop was once on a path to the Olympics before pivoting to pursue law. In a candid interview with Corporate Counsel, Dunlop reflects on his journey, the founding of Summize, and how his entrepreneurial drive continues to shape his career.
8 minute read

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'Lawyers Are Pigeonholed, Wrongly So': Prosus GC Says It's High Time for In-House Lawyers' Business Savvy to Be Seen, and Valued

Paul Peake also discusses some of his pet peeves about working with outside counsel. No. 1 on his list: "Law firm coffee is terrible."
7 minute read

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TikTok Antitrust Counsel Amaryllis Müller on Navigating EU Rules, Admiring Vestager and Bodybuilding

The Belgian-Swiss, Harvard-educated lawyer joined TikTok from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Brussels office last year.  
6 minute read

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Richard Susskind, Now Special Envoy for Justice and AI, Talks AI's Role in Access to Justice

"The biggest competitor for law firms in the future, I say, is AI-empowered clients," said Richard Susskind, as he takes on his new role as special envoy for justice and artificial intelligence to the Commonwealth.
6 minute read

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White & Case Veteran Antitrust Partner Assimakis Komninos on DMA Lawsuits, Foreign Accents, 'Robot' Lawyers and Writing 'Like Hell'

Komninos, who has been with White & Case for 20 years, is an outspoken, respected and seasoned litigator who has appeared before the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union four times.
7 minute read

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Latham's Elisabetta Righini on Why Brussels Is a Must for a Career in Antitrust 

Righini was one of the first WTO litigators in private practice in the late 1990s—an expertise that got her recruited by the European Commission, where she would spend over a decade. 
6 minute read

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