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King & Spalding boosts Dubai disputes team with double partner hire from CMS
Arrival of construction specialists follows on from hire of two energy partners in Singapore
Dubai arbitration cases jump to fresh record as construction disputes predominate
DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre posts 18% increase in caseload in 2019; 2020 poised for another record year
Slaughter and May bolsters investigations team with rare London partner hire
Senior litigation lawyer to join top London firm from Danske Bank
Taylor Wessing's UK senior partner secures second term
Private equity veteran Dominic FitzPatrick looks to post-pandemic future
Travers Smith appoints leading private equity specialist as next managing partner
Edmund Reed stresses importance of culture after being elected to succeed David Patient
'Huge disappointment' as Irish law society blocks bid by English lawyers to preserve EU access
Law Society of Ireland announces that dual-qualified lawyers must be based in Ireland to gain practising certificates
Hong Kong's representative for legal profession disqualified from Legislative Council
Ejection of barrister Dennis Kwok and three other high profile law makers sparks resignation of pro-democracy caucus
Five-strong finance team joins S&R in New Delhi from JSA
Team leader Divyanshu Pandey to become head of banking at new firm
Heuking hires eight-strong employment team from Dentons in Berlin
Healthcare group climbs on board leading German independent
Lawyers team up with litigation funding industry to create model documents
Project aims to produce best-in-class documentation, helping to promote a credible and established asset class
CMS appoints CEE corporate head as Romania managing partner
Horea Popescu to take over from Gabriel Sidere as head of Bucharest office in November
HFW hires Colin Biggers & Paisley co-senior partner in Sydney
Antony Riordan leads five-strong construction disputes team joining London-headquartered firm
Cahill hires third London leveraged finance partner from Allen & Overy
Newly made-up partner Joydeep Choudhuri jumps ship to join former colleagues at high-yield specialist
Linklaters sets out race action plan to increase black diversity across firm
Magic Circle UK Firm pledges to increase number of black partners globally five fold by 2027
Clyde & Co hires four-lawyer arbitration team from Foley Hoag in Paris
Hery Ranjeva and Ivan Urzhumov join as partners with focus on francophone Africa and Eastern Europe
Burford Capital launches on New York Stock Exchange
Litigation funder says dual listing will deepen investor pool and raise profile in the US
Historic Simpson & Marwick brand revived after Clyde & Co sheds Scottish property arm
Amicable de-merger sees longstanding name return to Scotland five years after it was sacrificed in merger
ICCA Edinburgh congress is postponed for a second time due to Covid-19
Flagship arbitration conference rescheduled to later in 2021 as Scotland manages second wave of coronavirus
Squire Patton Boggs boosts arbitration practice with senior hires in Paris and Brussels
US law firm adds two partners in Paris from DWF, while a consultant joins as a partner in Brussels from Wilmer Hale
White & Case teams up with University of London to launch arbitration survey
Fifth study seeks to understand how Covid-19 pandemic is impacting sector