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Headline speakers confirmed for London International Disputes Week 2025
Keynote speakers from LCIA and the Commercial Court will open the event on 2 June
MoFo hires second competition specialist from Cooley in Brussels
Jan Lang, who joins as a partner, is reunited with Alexander Israel, MoFo’s new EU competition head
Taylor Wessing unveils Italian alliance
Anglo-German firm joins forces with Orsingher Ortu, boosting European credentials
SRA launches fund to support disadvantaged students to sit the Solicitors Qualifying Examination
SRA fund established through fines levied on Kaplan, the official SQE provider
'Win for democracy': convention protecting Europe’s lawyers inches closer to reality
Council of Europe adopted the Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer last week
Travers Smith plans Brussels office launch as it winds down Paris arm
UK firm looks to enhance competition law offering, but will close Paris office ‘in due course’
IBA announces next phase of its gender equality project
Second stage of the 50:50 by 2030 study will include a global survey of women lawyers
Clyde & Co enlists RPC partner for new global regulatory and investigation role
Former RPC white collar crime head Sam Tate is joining with a team of two associates and a counsel
Win for Quinn Emanuel as IBM bests LzLabs in London trade secrets battle
Clifford Chance acted for defendants in High Court case over reverse-engineering of mainframe technology
UK legal profession marks International Women’s Day
The Law Society and Bar Council of England and Wales highlight efforts to achieve gender equality in legal system
Cornerstone recruits ex-Brick Court senior clerk Hawes as Langdorf heads for Gatehouse
New roles for well-known veteran senior clerks at leading London chambers
Mid-market UK firms grew turnover by 6% in 2024 amid rising costs
Law Society report warns firms to wean themselves off reliance on client interest for profit boost
UK Legal Services Board chair to step down early
Alan Kershaw resigns for ‘personal considerations’ half way through his four-year term
Simmons picks disputes head as next managing partner
Emily Monastiriotis will take over from Jeremy Hoyland in May
Solicitors Regulation Authority chief executive to step down later this year
Paul Philip is retiring after more than 11 years leading the regulator, which faced heightened scrutiny over £60m collapse of Axiom Ince
UK Arbitration Act receives royal assent to legal sector approval
Members of arbitration community welcome new law which aims to bring 1996 act up to date
The £14bn class action claim that dwindled to £200m: profession reflects on landmark Mastercard settlement
Ben Rigby reports on controversial resolution of eight-year, headline-grabbing battle over credit card fees
Reed Smith makes partner raids on quintet of firms to launch in Denver
Firm adds 10 new partners from Akerman, Brownstein, Dentons, Foley Hoag and Greenberg Traurig
CAT approves Mastercard’s £200m class action settlement over credit card fees
Decision follows bid by claim’s funder to scupper deal struck with lead claimant Walter Merricks
Hogan Lovells hires two BCLP partners to strengthen London competition class action team
Hire of Edward Coulson and Andrew Leitch prompted by surge in number of competition claims