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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
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
Partners at Zhong Lun and Sidley Austin say Nasdaq’s extended hours may narrow timing gaps for Hong Kong investors but could create liquidity and disclosure risks
The move gives the US firm a four-partner antitrust team across Brussels and London, adding senior firepower in two key European competition hubs
M&A
After more than 23 years at Slaughter and May, Mark Zerdin discusses the appeal of joining a firm in growth mode and where he sees momentum in dealmaking
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    Public procurement rules and procedures in Macau at the moment are spread among the different statutes that regulate the different types of contracts that can be entered into with/by Macau public entities. However the government is preparing a Bill with the goal of simplifying and updating, as well as enhancing the public procurement legal regime.
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    Belgium is in the process of transposing the fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which has a broader scope of application than its predecessors. Here Baker McKenzie lawyers unpick its approach