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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

28 Sep 2022

‘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

27 Sep 2022

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

20 Sep 2022

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

20 Sep 2022

The International Council of Commercial Arbitration opens 25th Congress in Edinburgh

Scottish Arbitration Centre launches new rules and administrative services at twice-postponed event

19 Sep 2022

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

14 Sep 2022

Quinn Emanuel mourns untimely death of Hamburg managing partner

US law firm announces the death of antitrust partner, Nadine Herrmann, aged just 45

13 Sep 2022

‘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'

9 Sep 2022

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

8 Sep 2022

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

7 Sep 2022

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

5 Sep 2022

‘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

30 Aug 2022

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

26 Aug 2022

American Bar Association swears in Deborah Enix-Ross as its new president

The Debevoise & Plimpton senior adviser replaces outgoing president Reginald Turner

10 Aug 2022

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

10 Aug 2022

'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

3 Aug 2022

‘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

2 Aug 2022

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

1 Aug 2022

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

28 Jul 2022

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

25 Jul 2022