Ben Rigby
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HFW continues Australia growth with shipping partner hire from local boutique in Perth
Australia is UK firm’s third-largest market globally after London and Hong Kong
‘Fine-tuning rather than root and branch reform’: top lawyers welcome plans to update UK's Arbitration Act
Law Commission’s verdict that legislation needs updating rather than a complete overhaul chimes with profession
Arbitration’s development must maintain parity with litigation, judge warns
Development of commercial arbitration to resolve business disputes cannot be separated from need to support justice as a whole, warns former judge at ICCA Congress in Edinburgh
Leading London disputes silk unveils Singapore relocation to build Asia practice
Jern-Fei Ng KC admitted to Singapore Bar, adding to existing Hong Kong arbitration practice
The International Council of Commercial Arbitration opens 25th Congress in Edinburgh
Scottish Arbitration Centre launches new rules and administrative services at twice-postponed event
ICCA congress to go ahead as UK legal profession readies for funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Flagship arbitration event to proceed in Edinburgh as courts shut for Queen’s funeral – but arbitrations remain open as barrister strike continues
Quinn Emanuel mourns untimely death of Hamburg managing partner
US law firm announces the death of antitrust partner, Nadine Herrmann, aged just 45
‘A source of stability in an era of great change’: Legal profession mourns Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)
Bar Council of England & Wales chair, Mark Fenhalls KC, leads tributes to United Kingdom's 'most devoted public servant'
Baker McKenzie hires Addleshaw Goddard’s Hong Kong dispute resolution head
Ronald Sum joins as a partner as Addleshaw Goddard retreats from the Hong Kong market
Signature Litigation sees revenue growth slow to 1.4% this year after bumper 2021
Firm also announces arrival of arbitration partner Tsegaye Laurendeau in London
McDermott boosts Paris arbitration offering with King & Spalding partner hire
K&S career lawyer Amy Frey moves over amid soaring demand for international dispute resolution advice
‘An amazing colleague and friend’ — Kennedys mourns loss of international arbitration co-head
Tributes paid to ‘brave and optimistic’ Katherine Proctor who has died aged 41 following a long illness
Quinn Emanuel secures RPC's competition head in London
US litigation giant makes first senior UK competition lateral since high-profile team defection to Willkie Farr
American Bar Association swears in Deborah Enix-Ross as its new president
The Debevoise & Plimpton senior adviser replaces outgoing president Reginald Turner
DIFC Courts in spotlight as Irish judges resign under pressure from human rights campaigners
Top Irish politician said judges were being deliberately used to legitimise regime
'What a time it has been!’ – longstanding senior clerk quits Quadrant Chambers
‘Best clerk in the City’ Gary Ventura leaves after 22 years helping oversee set’s modernisation
‘A dear colleague and steadfast friend’ – WongPartnership mourns loss of senior partner Alvin Yeo SC
Singapore firm leads tributes to co-founder whose career spanned law and politics
Singapore law society president pledges to fight cancer 'until the clock runs out’
Messages of support flood in as Adrian Tan reveals how ‘disaster struck’ during his first months as president
Skadden secures A&O partner as duo vie for next generation arbitration talent in London
Kate McGill Davies QC is joining Skadden four months after David Herlihy moved the other way
Europe’s share of litigation funding market set to grow as ESG and human rights fuel cases, report finds
UK and Europe will take 16% slice of $18bn global market according to research by funder Deminor