Business of law

Robotics exoskeleton manufacturer Sarcos Robotics to jump on the SPAC wagon with Rotor Acquisition

Sharp NEC Solution’s GC talks tech transformation, privacy laws, the pandemic, his company’s recent joint venture and the book that’s on his nightstand

HSBC, Banco Santander and Korea Development Bank among the financiers of the project intended to reduce the country's "digital divide"

Claimant Wirex holds defendant CryptoCarbon to account over trademark infringement

Initiative follows December’s team launch as interest in digital assets grows despite risks

Schneider Electric’s SVP and CLO on digital automation, industrial cybersecurity and being a bit of an engineering geek

Jonathan Patchen becomes the sixth partner to join the office since it opened in 2019

Big Tech regulatory clampdown cited as driver for New York firm's third US office

Which? says the cost of smartphones was inflated as a result of Qualcomm’s anti-competitive practices

Firms step in for longstanding clients for deal that transforms cybersecurity leader into pure-play consumer business

The hack has affected law firms including Jones Day and Goodwin Procter

Insight’s VP and deputy GC on how automation is revolutionising industry and how lawyers are managing risk and leveraging knowledge

The go-public merger with Vector Acquisition values the combined company at $4.1bn

Linklaters’ leveraged finance co-head, Oliver Sceales, flags ESG’s role in deal’s funding

Alan Friel joins top 40 US firm from BakerHostetler as deputy chair of data privacy and cybersecurity

Revenues of the Copenhagen-based consumer review website grew by a quarter last year

Firm flags arrival of Tony Lin in Washington DC as important strategic move to complement growing regulatory practice

All professionals who have worked in the firm’s flexi-lawyering service in the past year will be given access

Developed in collaboration with the UK firm’s lawyers, CreateiQ promises to speed up drafting

The ad tech player’s IPO was valued at nearly $300m