Ben Rigby
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UK sets high standards on financial regulation but better global benchmarks needed, study finds
UK business secretary Kemi Badenoch also says regulatory burden is too high during TheCityUK conference speech
South Korea’s legal profession lags on gender equality, IBA report finds
Just 29% of all lawyers in South Korea are female, with women making up only 13% of senior positions at law firms
Clyde & Co elevates 19 to partner in latest promotions round
Women account for 47% of cohort, the highest in four years, though overall promotions fall by more than a quarter
The end of an era as HSF’s arbitration head Paula Hodges bows out
After 16 years at the helm, Hodges will hand reins to new practice co-heads, reports Ben Rigby
McDermott hires two senior Shearman tax specialists in Paris
Longstanding partner Niels Dejean is switching firms ahead of A&O Shearman merger with counsel Anne-Sophie Maes
Trowers targets private equity mandates with double partner hire from Gateley
Top 40 UK firm looks to grow lower-to-mid-market private equity work with London hires
Profession-wide initiative launched to recognise pro bono efforts of individual UK lawyers
Scheme backed by the Lady Chief Justice will name lawyers who have done 25 hours or more free work annually
WFW completes double energy partner hire from McDermott in Singapore
Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi and Merrick White’s move leaves McDermott with just one Singapore partner
Kingsley Napley launches arbitration practice with partner raid on boutique
James Glaysher joins UK independent firm from Candey to lead new practice
McDermott strengthens London private equity practice with partner hire from Sidley Austin
Mid-market specialist Fatema Orjela adds further bench depth to firm’s transactions group
Hundreds of UK lawyers raise concerns over deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza
A letter from more than 600 legal professionals and academics has called on the UK government to suspend arms sales to Israel
Howard Kennedy partner named next president of London Solicitors Litigation Association
Nikki Edwards pledges renewed focus on diversity and inclusion as the new leader of London’s litigators
Lewis Silkin swoops for Hausfeld partner to boost London disputes team
Duran Ross returns to Lewis Silkin, the firm where he trained, after six years at Hausfeld
Coca-Cola, GSK, ITV among UK GCs embracing pro bono pledge to enhance access to justice
In-House Pro Bono Pledge seeks to increase corporate counsel involvement in pro bono activities over next three years
Stephenson Harwood expands Middle East practice with third partner hire in a month
Disputes lawyer John Lewis joins from Charles Russell Speechlys in the firm’s Dubai office
Lawyers react to EU digital markets probe into Apple, Alphabet and Meta
Investigations stem from the EU’s new Digital Markets Act, introduced to curb dominance of tech giants
Clyde & Co to support Credit Suisse bondholders in Swiss expropriation claim
Proposed investment treaty arbitration to offer alternative to court proceedings against Swiss government
Government introduces legislation to reverse UK Supreme Court’s PACCAR ruling
Bill welcomed for ‘confining threat to litigation funding to history books’
McDermott signs up veteran dealmaker who led Kirkland’s London expansion in 2000s
Graham White, formerly of Kirkland and Fried Frank, adds gravitas to US firm’s transactional offering
Australia’s HWL Ebsworth mourns death of long-serving managing partner
Juan Martinez, who led the firm for almost four decades, passed away unexpectedly, aged 64