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Will a recently issued Dutch FIFA class action benefit footballers – or be an expensive own goal?

Graham Shear, a partner at BCLP, assesses future litigation between FIFA and a Dutch foundation representing current and former footballers playing in the EU and UK

11 Aug 2025

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Fieldfisher, Clyde & Co and BCLP jostle for senior arbitration talent with interconnected London hires

Fieldfisher raids Clyde & Co but loses partner to BCLP, while Clyde & Co restocks from Womble Bond Dickinson

1 Jun 2026

CMS strengthens arbitration practice with London partner hire from BCLP

George Burn joins CMS’s London practice as London International Disputes Week opens with International Arbitration Day

31 May 2026

BCLP, Taylor Wessing secure real estate-related hires in London

Private equity partner Claibourne Harrison joins BCLP, while tax lawyer Gemma Grunewald joins Taylor Wessing

6 Mar 2026

Top commercial lawyers to debate merits of cost shifting

Debate overseen by Mr Justice Picken will ask whether reform would increase access to justice

21 Oct 2025

Top executives from A&O Shearman, Baker McKenzie, Gibson Dunn and White & Case to speak at Law Firm Marketing Summit

London conference chaired by BCLP’s Alessandra Almeida Jones will address growth in ‘Age of Chaos’

3 Oct 2025

CMS adds team of seven ex-BCLP lawyers in Hong Kong and one in Singapore

Hires follow BCLP’s decision to pull out of Asia earlier this year

18 Aug 2025

BCLP adds London partners from A&O Shearman, Taylor Wessing

Legacy Shearman & Sterling’s London tax head Simon Letherman joins as corporate finance specialist Lerika Le Grange moves over from Taylor Wessing

14 May 2025

BCLP launches redundancy consultation

Transatlantic firm to cut around 8% of business services staff globally

2 May 2025

Who won Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2025 – and why

Details of all the winning entries in this year’s awards

10 Apr 2025

BCLP to close in Hong Kong and Singapore as it plans Asia ‘wind-down’

Firm says it will continue to service its clients’ Asia needs through associate firm network

28 Mar 2025