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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
ABA challenges Trump administration’s diversity policies, foreign aid cuts and judicial attacks
US president issued executive order in January seeking to end private sector DEI initiatives
London Court of International Arbitration names new president
Maxi Scherer becomes third woman president in succession, replacing Paula Hodges KC
Former ICJ president Joan Donoghue joins Twenty Essex as an arbitrator
Retired American judge took unusual step last year of correcting media reports over controversial ICJ Gaza genocide ruling
Legal sector is still unprepared for AI, IBA report highlights
The Future of Legal Services - White Paper 2024 reveals that legal professionals don’t consider AI a short-term priority
IBA denounces Trump sanctions against the International Criminal Court
IBA executive director Mark Ellis says US sanctions ‘weaken the rule of law globally’
Herbert Smith Freehills makes twin disputes hire in Hong Kong from Kirkland, Latham
Paul Quinn and Truman Mak join as partners in the firm’s commercial litigation team
Reed Smith hires ex-Clifford Chance restructuring lawyer in Paris
Marie Crumière joins as a partner, having run her own boutique firm since leaving CC last August
AI could shape future of arbitration, Freshfields claims in report
Geopolitical shifts, Russian disputes and ESG also flagged as key trends in 2025 arbitration report
Reed Smith appoints chief marketing and business development officer
Top 40 US firm says Gillian Ward’s role has been redefined to reflect focus on BD
MoFo hires founding partner of Cooley’s Brussels office
Alexander Israel will head up Morrison Foerster’s European competition practice
Former Osborne Clarke partner joins Portland to enhance litigation communications
Arbitrator and mediator Adrian Lifely brought on board to provide “extra depth” to agency’s advice
CM Murray launches regulatory practice with London partner hire
Nick Leale was previously a partner at Armstrong Teasdale’s defunct London office and head of regulatory at Blake Morgan
Singapore’s Providence Law Asia hires Duxton Hill advocate as international litigation head
Colin Liew joins leading Asian disputes boutique after nearly four years at Duxton Hill Chambers