Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of all the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this week’s edition, we explore why Germany’s Luther is taking a risky bet… ...

Kirkland & Ellis is set to pour half a billion dollars into building its own artificial intelligence platform over the next few years. The world’s highest-grossing law firm expects to spend more than… ...

Freshfields has boosted its New York office overnight with two major hires, following the departure of its global co-head of private capital and credit solutions to Weil Gotshal & ...

Linklaters and South Africa-based Webber Wentzel are bringing their alliance to an end after 13 years. The alliance will officially finish in November, with the two firms planning to continue working… ...

Good records do more than protect an employer when something goes wrong. They improve decisions, create consistency and give ...

Kingsley Napley has unveiled a new strategy as it posts revenue of £77.3m for 2025/26. It amounts to an 8 per cent rise in the firm’s first year under the leadership of managing partner Matt Meyer.

OpenAI has teamed up with US telecoms giant AT&T to “build the AI-enabled in-house legal department of the future”. The ...

Pinsent Masons has launched a firmwide Hunger Games-inspired hackathon to crowdsource new AI-powered client services from its lawyers. The firm invited lawyers from across its international business… ...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how witnesses prepare for, and give, evidence. It is rapidly becoming an accessible tool ...

Birkenstock has secured a significant victory against Lidl in the Netherlands, with the Dutch court ordering Lidl to stop ...

With changes on the cards, will they be enough to address issues relating to pensions adequacy? Pensions adequacy essentially ...

In Mulalley & Co. Ltd v Sto Ltd & Sto SE & Co. KGaA [2026] EWHC 1552 (TCC), the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) ...