Ben Rigby

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More than a third of world’s top law firms exacerbating climate crisis, study claims

Law Firm Climate Change scorecard shows most firms received D or F grades for their efforts to address global warming

23 Apr 2025

Open for business: Court of Appeal greenlights class action against Apple in funder-friendly ruling

Funders backing class actions entitled to share of damages before their distribution to claimants

17 Apr 2025

Dentons promotes 10 to partnership in latest UK, Ireland and Middle East round

UK dominates round, though total regional cohort is down from 12 in 2024

17 Apr 2025

Appleby partner achieves rare honour of BVI silk award

Andrew Willins is first KC to be appointed in BVI since 2013

16 Apr 2025

Blackstone Chambers junior to take silk in Hong Kong

Tim Parker will be appointed Senior Counsel in June; but another international judge has left the Court of Final Appeal

15 Apr 2025

Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 19 lawyers to partnership

Cohort is down significantly compared to 2024 as HSF prepares for US merger

15 Apr 2025

Taylor Wessing promotes 10 to partnership in smallest round since 2020

Latest partner cohort is 44% lower than in 2024, when 18 made the cut

15 Apr 2025

London edges ahead of Singapore as top go-to jurisdictions for international arbitration, study finds

White & Case survey shows seats continue to be favoured for their reliability, legal infrastructure and recent reforms

11 Apr 2025

Judiciary has crucial role supporting arbitration – top-level IBA panel

Speakers at IBA Arbitration Day underline importance of rule of law in underpinning effective arbitral systems

10 Apr 2025

Mutually supportive: top London commercial law judge on how to decide fragmented commercial disputes

Mr Justice Foxton kicked off London IBA Arbitration Day with his thoughts on how to avoid the fragmentation of complex claims

9 Apr 2025

Former ICJ president Joan Donoghue to headline at London International Disputes Week

Main conference at Queen Elizabeth II Centre will tackle topics ranging from AI to judicial innovation and professional ethics

8 Apr 2025

Law firms must ‘rethink roles’ when accepting clients to combat corruption claims

Institute of Business Ethics taskforce challenges legal profession to act as ‘steward of public trust’

4 Apr 2025

IBA reaffirms support for rule of law and diversity amid Trump attacks on legal profession

International Bar Association launches new initiative aimed at young lawyers to help safeguard rule of law

4 Apr 2025

Travers Smith hires Fried Frank partner as new restructuring head

Mandip Englund joins leading City independent after four years at US firm

1 Apr 2025

Judges block Trump orders against Jenner & Block, WilmerHale as Skadden reaches ‘settlement’

Federal judges suspend orders against leading Washington DC law firms while Skadden joins Paul Weiss in cutting a deal

31 Mar 2025

Former International Bar Association president Emilio Jorge Cárdenas has died, aged 81

Argentinian lawyer was the first Latin American to hold the IBA presidency

31 Mar 2025

BCLP to close in Hong Kong and Singapore as it plans Asia ‘wind-down’

Firm says it will continue to service its clients’ Asia needs through associate firm network

28 Mar 2025

Female-founded ArbBoutique hires independent arbitrator in Singapore

Ex-Skadden counsel Chiann Bao joins the firm as a partner

26 Mar 2025

McDermott hires partner from Skadden as UK tax head

Alex Jupp marks US firm’s 11th lateral hire in London over past year

25 Mar 2025

Singapore Law Society vice-president resigns following social media posts about rape case

Chia Boon Teck’s comments drew widespread criticism from the legal community, including Singapore Minister of Law K. Shanmugam

25 Mar 2025