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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

24 Nov 2020

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

22 Nov 2020

Slaughter and May bolsters investigations team with rare London partner hire

Senior litigation lawyer to join top London firm from Danske Bank

19 Nov 2020

Taylor Wessing's UK senior partner secures second term

Private equity veteran Dominic FitzPatrick looks to post-pandemic future

17 Nov 2020

Travers Smith appoints leading private equity specialist as next managing partner

Edmund Reed stresses importance of culture after being elected to succeed David Patient

16 Nov 2020

'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

13 Nov 2020

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

12 Nov 2020

Five-strong finance team joins S&R in New Delhi from JSA

Team leader Divyanshu Pandey to become head of banking at new firm

6 Nov 2020

Heuking hires eight-strong employment team from Dentons in Berlin

Healthcare group climbs on board leading German independent

4 Nov 2020

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

4 Nov 2020

CMS appoints CEE corporate head as Romania managing partner

Horea Popescu to take over from Gabriel Sidere as head of Bucharest office in November

28 Oct 2020

HFW hires Colin Biggers & Paisley co-senior partner in Sydney

Antony Riordan leads five-strong construction disputes team joining London-headquartered firm

27 Oct 2020

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

26 Oct 2020

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

22 Oct 2020

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

21 Oct 2020

Burford Capital launches on New York Stock Exchange

Litigation funder says dual listing will deepen investor pool and raise profile in the US

20 Oct 2020

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

19 Oct 2020

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

16 Oct 2020

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

14 Oct 2020

White & Case teams up with University of London to launch arbitration survey

Fifth study seeks to understand how Covid-19 pandemic is impacting sector

14 Oct 2020