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Arbor Law appoints first managing partner
Legal affairs commentator Sahar Farooqi joins London firm after serving as a fractional chief transformation officer
De Gaulle Fleurance elevates four lawyers to partner in Paris and Abu Dhabi
Promotions underscore French independent firm’s push into disputes, technology and cross-border transactional work
Charles Russell Speechlys elevates nine to partnership in latest promotions round
Women make up more than half of the promotions, which are spread across the UK, France and Italy
Fladgate breaks £100m revenue barrier for first time as turnover doubles in five years
Firm also announces four partner-promotions round and senior tax partner hire from DLA Piper
London International Disputes Week announces keynote speakers for arbitration-focused day of events
Lord Neuberger, Toby Landau KC and Karyl Nairn KC will headline International Arbitration Day
Reed Smith boosts Boston office with disputes team hire from K&L Gates
Incoming group includes three partners, with a fourth joining in its Princeton office
Former NSW Bar Association president to become Australia’s first female solicitor-general
Ruth Higgins SC succeeds Stephen Donaghue KC in the role to create all-female law officer line-up
Brick Court’s Hollander to take silk in Hong Kong
Charles Hollander KC is only the second currently practising English barrister to have taken silk in London and Hong Kong
High Court judge orders split trial in £85m Vodafone class action claim
Claim was brought by 62 former Vodafone franchisees over alleged mistreatment and governance failings
Fieldfisher promotes 12 partners and unveils new disputes leadership team
Daniel Hayward and John McElroy to head up disputes practice, which welcomes four new partners
Squire Patton Boggs names Andrew Wilkinson as next European managing partner
London IP partner to replace Leeds-based Jonathan Jones, who is standing down after six years in the role
‘Of vital significance’: Mazur ruling clarifies who can conduct litigation
UK Court of Appeal overturns High Court decision in the controversial case of Mazur and others v Charles Russell Speechlys
London International Disputes Week refreshes board with double appointment
Quadrant Chambers’ Sarah Longden and Stewarts’ Sherina Petit replace Ben Giaretta and Emily Morris
RPC elects financial services litigator Simon Hart as senior partner
Hart succeeds Oliver Bray, whose six-year tenure concludes at the end of April
Governor of New South Wales to join London’s Atkin Chambers
Leading construction set to welcome Margaret Beazley AC KC as a door tenant in 2028
Life sciences partner hiring accelerates in key markets
Kirkland & Ellis, Morgan Lewis, Sidley Austin and Polsinelli among firms targeting senior expertise, reports Ben Rigby
Baker Botts adds arbitration partner from Norton Rose Fulbright in Singapore
Energy specialist Katie Chung arrives after 15 years at NRF
London International Disputes Week announces keynote speaker for 2026 conference
Sean West will headline LIDW’s main conference, which addresses geopolitical, reputational, dispute resolution and technological risks
Macfarlanes elevates four to partnership in London in reduced promotions round
Latest cohort is down from nine in 2025, with the new partners spread across disputes, private client, finance and employment
HSF Kramer and Taylor Wessing secure IP partner hires in Germany and London
DLA Piper partner joins HSF Kramer in Düsseldorf as Priestley arrives at Taylor Wessing from London media specialist Russells