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Mishcon de Reya announced a Jazz Shapers episode featuring Antonia and Jonny Philp, the co-founders of skincare company Nursem. The firm’s announcement described the company’s program of providing a month of free hand care to an NHS healthcare professional for each product sold.
Foley & Lardner said episode 146 of The Path & The Practice featured a conversation with Lawrence Kraus about his career at the firm. The announcement said the discussion covered his route into litigation, his leadership experience and lawyers’ participation in pro bono work.
Sidley said it represented Cymphony in a $30 million Series A financing, describing the company as a provider of an AI governance and security platform. The firm’s announcement identified lawyers in Palo Alto and Washington, DC, from its venture capital and banking practices as members of the transaction team.
Kean Miller said Texas Lawyer featured the arrival of associates Kyra Clark and Taylor C. Guice at its Houston and Baton Rouge offices. In its announcement of the media coverage, the firm described Clark’s litigation practice and Guice’s work across commercial disputes and other practice areas.
Harris Beach Murtha said senior counsel Mark F. Schuber was among the 40 recipients of Rochester Business Journal’s 2026 Forty Under 40 award. The firm said a panel of previous honorees selected recipients based on professional accomplishments and civic involvement in the Rochester community.
Foley & Lardner said partner Patrick Daugherty wrote an article for Columbia Law School’s Blue Sky Blog about proposed US crypto-asset regulation. The firm said Daugherty chaired its Blockchain and Digital Assets practice and that the article addressed token issuers and their advisers.
Gibson Dunn said it advised EQT’s Scaleup Europe Fund on its lead investment in Tandem Health AB’s Series B financing. The firm described Stockholm-founded Tandem as a health technology company supplying an AI medical assistant, and said this was the fund’s first healthcare AI investment.
Kean Miller announced that three lawyers from its Houston and The Woodlands offices received recognition in the 2026 Texas Super Lawyers listings. The firm described the selection process as combining peer nominations, evaluations and independent research, with candidates assessed against 12 indicators of professional achievement and peer recognition.
Mishcon de Reya released a video announcement saying its defense technology series featured Dave Ewing, BAE Systems’ head of technology commercialisation. The firm identified him as the leader of BAE Systems Launchpad, an incubator for defense and dual-use technology companies, and listed a 14-minute viewing time.
Appleby said it was acting as Cayman Islands counsel to Nasdaq-listed Meshflow Acquisition Corp on a definitive business combination agreement with HGP Intelligent Energy. The firm described HGP as a developer of load-following technology for nuclear plants and put the transaction’s implied pro forma equity value at approximately $1.2 billion.
Spilman Thomas & Battle said it hosted its SuperVision symposium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on September 18 for employers and human resources professionals. The firm said the program addressed labor and employment compliance and artificial intelligence, with sessions covering workplace investigations, litigation avoidance and changes in labor law.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth announced that it was advising Cambodia in a conciliation with Thailand over their maritime boundary in the Gulf of Thailand. The firm said a five-member commission had held its first meeting in Singapore on September 14–16 and identified chief executive Gavin MacLaren as Cambodia’s lead counsel.
Gibson Dunn announced that it was advising North Immunology on a merger with Aethlon Medical and a concurrent private placement. The firm said the financing was expected to fund the combined company into the second half of 2028 and identified corporate, tax, benefits, securities and antitrust lawyers on its team.
Gibson Dunn announced that it had represented Amazon on its first sterling-denominated notes offering, totaling £4.25 billion. The firm said Barclays, HSBC, J.P. Morgan Securities and NatWest Markets acted as managers, and identified Andrew Fabens, Lawrence Lee and Kevin Mills as members of its legal team.
Davis Polk announced that seven partners had been included in Forbes’ 2026 America’s Top Lawyers list. The firm identified honorees across antitrust, appellate, business, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law, and linked readers to the publication’s complete list of selected attorneys.
Sidley announced that it had represented GSK on a €3.5 billion notes issuance by GSK Capital B.V., guaranteed by GSK plc. The firm said proceeds repaid acquisition-facility borrowings associated with Nuvalent and supported general corporate purposes, with David Howe and Omar Shafi leading its London team.
Gibson Dunn announced that partners Jason Schwartz and Cynthia Chen McTernan had discussed its higher-education work with the National Law Journal. The firm said its Higher Education Industry Group brought together 85 lawyers and that Schwartz was advising more than twice as many university clients on sensitive matters as three years earlier.
Foley & Lardner announced that partner Bryan Schultz had been featured in Law.com’s account of the sale of Kontoor Brands’ Lee business. The firm said Schultz led its deal team and described his discussion of the coordination needed for a restructuring spanning multiple entities and jurisdictions.
Foley & Lardner announced that associate Sarina Rogers had been selected for the San Diego Business Journal’s 2026 Women of Influence in Law recognition. The firm said the award highlighted professional achievements, leadership and community work, and described Rogers’ advice on venture financings, acquisitions and growth investments.
Foley & Lardner announced that it had represented TDK Ventures as a lead investor in R3 Lithium’s $15 million Series A financing. The firm said the company operated a lithium-carbonate recovery facility in Covington, Georgia, and planned to use the financing to upgrade its existing production line.
Sidley announced that it had represented Noetive AI in a $41 million seed financing led by Eclipse. The firm said the funding announcement accompanied Noetive’s emergence from stealth and described its client as developing specialized artificial intelligence systems for businesses operating in the physical economy.
Sidley announced that Forbes had included Yvette Ostolaza and Carter Phillips in its 2026 America’s Top Lawyers list. The firm described their work as encompassing business litigation, crisis management, internal investigations and appellate advocacy, and identified Ostolaza as chair of its management committee.
Sidley announced the launch of a Beauty & Wellness industry group bringing together lawyers from 13 practices. The firm said the group would advise businesses and investors across transactions, disputes and regulation, building on work it had already undertaken for clients in the sector.
Appleby announced that its Jersey office would sponsor the inaugural Offshore Trusts Disputes Forum on September 29–30. The firm said Sam Williams and Erin Trimble-Cregeen would speak at the event, which it described as sold out and focused on international private wealth disputes involving offshore jurisdictions.
Thompson Hine said it represented Husqvarna Group in obtaining conditional FCC approval for foreign-produced robotic mowing devices in the United States. The firm described the authorization as the first under the agency’s new process and said it provided an exemption from the Covered List.
Varnum announced that attorney Jordan Valentine had been elected board chair of Ele’s Place Ann Arbor after previously serving on its board. The firm described the nonprofit as providing grief-support centers for children, teenagers, young adults and families in Michigan, and identified Valentine as a litigation lawyer.
Akin announced that it had advised Oaktree affiliate OCM Njord Holdings on a $290 million partial sale of its TORM stake. The firm said nine million Class A shares were sold through a registered secondary offering, leaving Oaktree with approximately 11% of the tanker company.
Arnold & Porter announced that four of its partners had been selected for Forbes’ 2026 America’s Top Lawyers list. The firm said the list covered 250 attorneys and that the selection process used nominations, research, peer recommendations and editorial review across firms of different sizes and practice areas.
Constangy announced that partner Dean Kpere-Daibo had been included in Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s 2026 employment-law POWER List for the first time. The firm said the publication’s editorial team reviewed verdicts, settlements and its archives to select lawyers working on workplace litigation, wage disputes and appeals.
Cooley announced the launch of GO Public, an AI offering developed by its capital markets lawyers and legal engineers for use with ChatGPT Enterprise. The firm said it worked with OpenAI as a design partner and that the initial offering used specialized agents to support Form S-1 research and drafting.