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Travers Smith hires Fried Frank partner as new restructuring head
Mandip Englund joins leading City independent after four years at US firm
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
Former International Bar Association president Emilio Jorge Cárdenas has died, aged 81
Argentinian lawyer was the first Latin American to hold the IBA presidency
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
Female-founded ArbBoutique hires independent arbitrator in Singapore
Ex-Skadden counsel Chiann Bao joins the firm as a partner
McDermott hires partner from Skadden as UK tax head
Alex Jupp marks US firm’s 11th lateral hire in London over past year
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
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