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Mayer Brown boosts Brussels presence with Baker McKenzie trade partner hire
Pablo Bentes, who joins with two team members, specialises in representing sovereign states in international trade disputes
Excello Law makes double partner hire from Gunnercooke, Smith Thompson
Hires include corporate partner Stephen Morrall and three-lawyer property litigation team led by partner Claire-Elaine Arthurs
Apple faces £2bn UK collective action over app tracking rules
Hausfeld acts for a former CMA antitrust director seeking certification to represent UK app developers against US tech giant
Travers Smith bolsters employment ranks with Deloitte partner hire
Andrew Howard, who led Big Four’s people and employee relations team, joins in London
King & Spalding adds former Quinn Emanuel Paris head in latest arbitration hire
Thomas Voisin joins amid global disputes build-out as Signature Litigation also expands in Paris
Dispute erupts among claimant firms over control of landmark Mariana Dam litigation
Pogust Goodhead challenges move by client committee to transfer case to former partners
App developers agree record £260m UK collective action settlement with Google
Competition Appeal Tribunal to rule on deal over Play Store commissions later this month
Quinn Emanuel, Pillsbury hire across Middle East
Quinn Emanuel adds prominent UAE litigator as Pillsbury brings on senior Saudi government lawyer
Simpson Thacher boosts London energy practice with Weil partner hire
Murray Cox joins US firm’s energy and infrastructure practice as it continues to build its London bench
Collyer Bristow and Michelmores invest in new disputes leadership
Collyer Bristow recruits new commercial disputes chief from Joelson as Twenty Essex silk arrives at Michelmores as head of international arbitration and trade
IBA condemns fresh US sanctions on ICC president amid widening rule-of-law dispute
Bar associations have condemned the latest sanctions, warning that measures targeting judges and prosecutors threaten judicial independence
Seladore Legal hires arbitration partner in Singapore from Clifford Chance
CC loses Kate Apostolova in Asia but gains arbitration counsel Ricardo Chirinos in Washington DC
Law Society of Singapore faces pressure to release audit reports after closed-door members’ meeting
Society cites confidentiality assurances as minister backs disclosure of redacted investigation material
Squire Patton Boggs boosts insolvency practice with New York partner hire
Oksana Lashko joins from Morrison Foerster amid wider investment in global restructuring team
NI law society executive committee member resigns citing need for ‘integrity’ as SGM looms
DWF director Julie-Ann McCaffrey is second council member to step down amid controversy over chief executive’s reference for cousin convicted of indecent assault
Tributes paid to UK mediation pioneer Karl Mackie
CEDR co-founder remembered as ‘colossal figure’ who helped transform commercial dispute resolution
BCLP adds London partner trio including global digital head
Hires from Crowell, Squire Patton Boggs and Baker Botts strengthen technology, employment and corporate practices
Fieldfisher launches Berlin dispute resolution practice with partner hire
Benny Wünschmann joins from commercial law firm Flick Gocke Schaumburg as Fieldfisher’s seventh partner in the German capital
New ABA president pledges to protect voting rights as midterm elections loom
Ohio family lawyer Barbara Howard has succeeded Michelle Behnke at the helm of the American Bar Association
DAC Beachcroft hits RPC in three-partner insurance hire
Trio of specialist cyber and data risk partners move over in London