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36 Stone takes on Vannin Capital managing director Paul Martenstyn
New director of clerking also signs with professional services consultancy Overture London
Founding partner of Cooley's European practice departs for Brussels boutique
Becket McGrath joins competition boutique five years after helping West Coast firm launch in London, and then Brussels
Senior Debevoise partner and former justice secretary to co-chair Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
Appointments reflect need to underline independence amid mounting concern over Hong Kong's future
Righting arbitral wrongs: survey comes out against relaxing restrictions on arbitration appeals
Despite clear evidence of mistakes, there is little appetite for extending a right to appeal against the merits of arbitral awards
Regulatory net tightens over litigation funders as Australian parliament launches class action inquiry
Defendant lawyers and business lobby celebrate after double assault on 'booming' class action industry
Burford Capital loses fight to force London Stock Exchange to hand over confidential trading data
Commercial Court judge rejects market manipulation claims and says attack on exchange was 'unjustified'
Trio of top arbitration bodies form international alliance to hear 'hybrid' Covid-19 compliant hearings
The International Arbitration Centre Alliance will have centres in Canada, London and Singapore
International Bar Association pulls plug on 2020 Miami annual conference
Gathering of 6,000 lawyers moves online as news emerges of vice president's resignation
K&L Gates hires seven-strong restructuring team in Frankfurt
Top 50 US firm prepares for significant increase in restructuring work as a result of Covid-19
Dentons opens for business in Argentina
Global law firm unveils combination with leading Argentinian firm Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena
Herbert Smith Freehills unveils streamlined leadership structure as it refreshes executive team
Incoming CEO Justin D'Agostino divides firm into two regions and appoints trio of partners to revamped executive board
Asia round-up: Withers grows arbitration in Hong Kong while Ashurst targets Singapore funds work
King & Wood Mallesons and Latham & Watkins also add to the roster of Asia lateral moves with M&A hires
Burford Capital heralds strong business fundamentals despite double digit falls in revenue and profits
Litigation Funder claims headline figures do not represent true picture of a market-leading business in a growing industry
Australasia round-up: Jones Day makes Brisbane hire while Buddle Finlay chooses national chair
Also securing new hires are HFW, DLA Piper and Ashurst across Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
Herbert Smith Freehills unveils largest partner promotions round for eight years
First pro bono partner among 26 lawyers promoted to partnership across Europe, Asia and Australia
LatAm round-up: Kennedys grows in Peru and McDermott hires private client team from DLA Piper
Polsinelli and Herbert Smith Freehills also make Latin America-focused appointments, in Miami and London respectively
LCM hires construction veteran as it prepares to transfer leadership from Sydney to London
Former Gowling WLG partner James Foster signs up while CEO gears up for UK transfer
Hogan Lovells' new CEO announces major overhaul of structure and leadership
UK merged into new EMEA grouping as firm's centre of gravity shifts away from London ten years after transatlantic merger
Friedrich Graf von Westphalen hires three-partner team to launch in Berlin
German independent targets capital's start-up scene with fourth German office
Is Europe's unified patent court dead in the water - or can it be revived?
The demise of plans for a European patent court is bad for clients, but could be better news for London