Ben Rigby

Ben Rigby

All Articles

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

Seventeen lawyers make history as Ireland's first solicitors to become Senior Counsel

Top Irish firms are represented as the SC rank is opened up to the solicitors' branch of the profession

13 Oct 2020

Quinn Emanuel claims France first as it hires leading state prosecutor

Paris-based financial prosecutor Eric Russo makes ground-breaking switch to private practice

12 Oct 2020

Noerr secures four-partner German corporate team from Latham

Former Shearman partners move again; DWF also secures team, from DLA Piper

9 Oct 2020

Brown Rudnick's London head of arbitration joins Beirut's Alem & Associates

Nicholas Tse to set up Abu Dhabi branch for new firm with team of two associates

6 Oct 2020

DAC Beachcroft builds in Belfast with five-partner hire from BLM

Insurance firm nearly doubles office partner count as it also secures a London fraud specialist

6 Oct 2020

Seasoned Linklaters duo set up international finance boutique

Practice to focus on emerging markets and commodity trade finance

5 Oct 2020

Linklaters mourns loss of 'true European' and former regional head Blumberg

Allen & Overy senior partner Wim Dejonghe among array of senior figures paying tribute to Belgian dealmaker

5 Oct 2020

Baltic market shake-up continues with tripartite merger to create 100-lawyer practice

Lithuania's WALLESS joins forces with firms in Estonia and Latvia to create a pan-Baltic practice

2 Oct 2020

Kennedys snaps up insurance boutique to launch in Tel Aviv

UK insurance specialist takes on four-partner practice to offer local law advice

1 Oct 2020

Madrid employment team leaves DWF to set up five-partner boutique

Split with listed UK firm comes less than a year after its acquisition of Spain independent RCD

30 Sep 2020

Withers hires former UK attorney general and leading Brexiteer Geoffrey Cox

Barrister to advise on disputes; Travers Smith boosts IT practice by hiring former ministerial colleague Nicky Morgan

28 Sep 2020

Skadden celebrates hire of Freshfields London M&A heavyweight Bruce Embley

Arrival of global client group co-head comes three years after retirement of renowned City dealmaker Michael Hatchard

28 Sep 2020

Goodwin Procter's London arm secures five-partner Sidley private equity team

Partner duo credited with kick-starting Sidley's European practice lead defection to rival

25 Sep 2020

Mishcon makes first Singapore partner-level lateral since office launch

Dispute resolution specialist exits Singapore boutique less than a year after joining

23 Sep 2020

Doing business in a better world: law firms back sustainable development

Host of law firm leaders pledge to steer world onto a “more equitable, inclusive and sustainable path”

22 Sep 2020

Liverpool boutique launches £50m fund backed by Therium Capital Management

Former DLA Piper partners reignite relationship with Therium in latest law firm portfolio deal

21 Sep 2020

'The best of the best' - lawyers pay tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Supreme Court judge was a trailblazer for gender equality and an outstanding jurist, say her many admirers

21 Sep 2020