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Browne Jacobson adds five-strong tech and commercial team from EY Law in London

New team is led by partners Rowan Armstrong and Alex Mason

20 May 2024

Memorial service announced for international ‘legal ambassador’ Stephen Denyer

Ceremony at London’s Temple Church to be held in honour of former director of strategic relationships at Law Society of England and Wales

17 May 2024

Brick Court Chambers investigating ‘potential cyber incident’

Top commercial set said to have been targeted by Medusa cyber gang

16 May 2024

Hausfeld doubles down on antitrust with hires in London, Germany

Joanna Christoforou joins from Morgan Lewis & Bockius’s London office as René Galle moves over in Hamburg from A&O Shearman

15 May 2024

McDermott swoops for MoFo leveraged finance duo in London

Partners Chris Kandel and John Burge join as US firm continues London hiring spree

14 May 2024

Matrix boosts antitrust practice with competition law specialist from St. John’s Chambers

Ex-Burges Salmon partner Matthew O’Regan is the latest former solicitor to join Matrix’s competition team

13 May 2024

Judicial Appointments Commission names trio of new commissioners

Old Bailey judge Angela Rafferty KC appointed alongside in-house solicitor Nicolina Andall and leading public junior Tom Cross to select future judges

13 May 2024

Fountain Court’s Matthew Gearing KC becomes first former solicitor called to Singapore Bar

The former A&O partner joins KCs Toby Landau, Sapna Jhangiani and Jern-Fei Ng as UK appointments to the Law Society of Singapore

9 May 2024

McDermott Will & Emery refreshes London leadership team

Aymen Mahmoud to replace Hamid Yunis as London managing partner, with Graham White named senior partner

7 May 2024

The Post Office scandal’s far-reaching impact on litigation funding

Third-party funding’s role helping to expose a widespread miscarriage of justice has put it under unprecedented political scrutiny, report Ben Rigby and John Malpas

3 May 2024

Gillard and Goldsmith join speaker line-up for London International Disputes Week

Former Australian prime minister and UK secretary general will discuss state-related dispute resolution at June event

2 May 2024

Kennedys promotes more women than men to partnership for third year

Number of promotions dips to 17 from 20 last year as partnership grows to 349

30 Apr 2024

Quinn Emanuel and Clifford Chance advise as IBM’s high-stakes court battle with Swiss software company begins

Nine week trial in London’s Technology and Construction Court could impact EU’s Software Directive

29 Apr 2024

Litigation funding bill to enter committee stage amid ECHR concerns

Retrospective nature of legislation to ensure enforceability of litigation funding agreements faces detailed scrutiny

26 Apr 2024

Former Clifford Chance arbitration head departs for Twenty Essex

Audley Sheppard KC is latest leading practioner to become an independent arbitrator

25 Apr 2024

Gateley affiliate Austen Hays launches class action against Grindr, advised by Cooley

High Court Claim alleges misuse of highly sensitive information including about HIV status

24 Apr 2024

Stewarts’ partner count nears treble figures as firm promotes six

Disputes firm caps year of growth with women-majority promotions round

24 Apr 2024

Jones Day hires finance partner from Baker McKenzie in Australia

Alastair Gourlay joins in Sydney, while London partner Lewis Grimm is heading to Melbourne in August

23 Apr 2024

‘One of a kind’ – distinguished shipping lawyer Julian Clark has died, aged 60

Tributes paid to former Ince & Co senior partner and global head of shipping at Hill Dickinson

22 Apr 2024

Energy transition tech specialist ENODA hires first general counsel

Former Siemens GC Aniela Foster-Turner joins at ‘pivotal moment’ for Edinburgh company

22 Apr 2024