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Clyde & Co announces bumper partner round following BLM merger

City insurance giant elevates 26 new partners in first post-merger partnership appointments round

20 Apr 2023

HSF announces new antitrust leadership

Kyriakos Fountoukakos to serve as managing partner of global competition and trade team

14 Apr 2023

Signature Litigation builds in Paris with three-lawyer team

Jérémie Fierville folds boutique into UK disptues firm as it seeks 'sustained growth'

11 Apr 2023

Skadden unveils generous partner promotions round upping cohort by 26% to 24

Promotions concentrated in US with just three new partners based overseas

6 Apr 2023

Herbert Smith Freehills names London insurance litigator as global disputes co-head

Paul Lewis replaces Damien Byrne Hill in role alongside Sydney-based Anna Sutherland

4 Apr 2023

Herbert Smith Freehills Singapore ally launches local disputes practice with Morgan Lewis team

Leading litigator Daniel Chia joins Prolegis with three-lawyer team to head new practice

30 Mar 2023

'If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough' - Europe's young lawyers mark association's 30th anniversary

Young lawyers and bar leaders commemorate the founding of the European Young Bar Association at Lisbon conference

27 Mar 2023

Israel’s judicial reform plans are ‘deeply alarming’, the International Bar Association warns

The IBA's president urges measures that would 'strip Israeli institutions of their ability to constrain executive power' to be dropped

26 Mar 2023

'A crucial part of managing risk': IBA takes global view of professional indemnity insurance

New report from International Bar Association asks whether indemnity insurance should be mandatory for lawyers in every jurisdiction

23 Mar 2023

Long-running bond dispute between Russia and Ukraine set for London trial

UK Supreme Court gives green light for Ukraine’s case to be heard in the High Court

21 Mar 2023

Rajah & Tann expands international arbitration practice with Bangkok partner hire

Former MoFo and HSF lawyer Vanina Sucharitkul will help grow the Singapore firm’s regional disputes coverage

19 Mar 2023

'Huge opportunities' - the legal profession reacts to long-awaited liberalisation of India's legal market

Ben Rigby gauges the response of Indian and UK lawyers to new rules allowing international firms to open Indian offices

15 Mar 2023

Long wait over as Indian bar gives international law firms green light to set up local offices

Leading law firms line up to welcome long-awaited liberalisation of establishment rules

15 Mar 2023

Howard Kennedy boosts arbitration practice with construction boutique merger

London law firm swells ranks with seven-lawyer team from Corbett & Co, including its highly regarded principal

14 Mar 2023

SVB collapse galvanizes tech sector lawyers as Clifford Chance advises HSBC on rescue of UK arm

Host of US and UK law firms called into action following Friday’s collapse of one of Silicon Valley's largest lenders

13 Mar 2023

UK government poised to ratify Singapore Convention on Mediation

Move will strengthen mediation as a way to resolve cross-border disputes, lawyers say

9 Mar 2023

BCLP teams up with clients to launch leadership programme for women lawyers

Project with companies including BT and Credit Agricole focuses on communications skills

8 Mar 2023

Climate change and energy transition to heat up Middle East disputes landscape

ESG risk among topics discussed at ADGM’s flagship RESOLVE event in Abu Dhabi

7 Mar 2023

Pinsent Masons hires senior investor-state arbitration partner in London from Jones Day

Sylvia Tonova joins to co-lead Pinsents’ investor-state dispute settlement team

6 Mar 2023

Kingsley Napley adds Ince partner in London to launch IP disputes practice

Melanie Hart joins UK firm’s commercial litigation team to expand contentious data protection and IP services

6 Mar 2023