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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
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
Brick Court Chambers investigating ‘potential cyber incident’
Top commercial set said to have been targeted by Medusa cyber gang
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
McDermott swoops for MoFo leveraged finance duo in London
Partners Chris Kandel and John Burge join as US firm continues London hiring spree
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
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
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
McDermott Will & Emery refreshes London leadership team
Aymen Mahmoud to replace Hamid Yunis as London managing partner, with Graham White named senior partner
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
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
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
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
Litigation funding bill to enter committee stage amid ECHR concerns
Retrospective nature of legislation to ensure enforceability of litigation funding agreements faces detailed scrutiny
Former Clifford Chance arbitration head departs for Twenty Essex
Audley Sheppard KC is latest leading practioner to become an independent arbitrator
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
Stewarts’ partner count nears treble figures as firm promotes six
Disputes firm caps year of growth with women-majority promotions round
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
‘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
Energy transition tech specialist ENODA hires first general counsel
Former Siemens GC Aniela Foster-Turner joins at ‘pivotal moment’ for Edinburgh company