Ben Rigby
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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
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