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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
Fieldfisher disputes co-head elected president of London Solicitors Litigation Association
John McElroy succeeds Nikki Edwards of Fox & Partners at the helm of the influential association
Fieldfisher promotes 12 partners and unveils new disputes leadership team
Daniel Hayward and John McElroy to head up disputes practice, which welcomes four new partners
Fieldfisher relocates 90 business services roles to Belfast
Roles move from London, Manchester and Birmingham as UK-founded firm doubles down on Belfast as business services centre
Fieldfisher PEP hits £1m amid European growth push
UK-headquartered firm grows profit per equity partner 3% in year to end of March as revenue inches up 1% to £385m
Fieldfisher hires 68-strong team for Portugal debut
UK-founded firm absorbs local practice André Miranda Associados as it continues to grow European footprint
Fieldfisher debuts in Poland with 25-lawyer team
Firm doubles down on European expansion strategy with new offices in Warsaw and Krakow staffed with team hired from Polish boutiques
‘Lessons have been learned’: Judge sounds warning over Fieldfisher’s judgment embargo breach
Mr Justice Fordham accepts ‘sincere and heartfelt apologies’ over release of confidential draft to journalists
Fieldfisher names new senior partner
Litigator and MENA head Viven Davies to take up role on 1 April as Fieldfisher moves to become Europe’s leading law firm
Squire Patton Boggs adds seven-lawyer team in Brussels from Fieldfisher
US firm beefs up environmental, safety and health practice with group led by partners Peter Sellar and Gerard McElwee
Blow for Getty Images after UK judge removes class representative in copyright dispute with Stability AI
Case highlights challenges of bringing infringement claims against AI platforms, currently the subject of a government consultation exercise
Fieldfisher managing partner Shooter wins second term
Robert Shooter has overseen 10% year-on-year revenue growth since taking the helm in 2022
Fieldfisher hires Hausfeld’s former commercial disputes head in London
John McElroy bolsters City firm’s banking litigation offering
Fieldfisher grows revenue 10% as PEP sees modest increase
European firm grows profits per equity partner 4% to £966k in year to end of March following previous year’s 11% decline
Squire Patton Boggs adds partners across UK from four firms
Transatlantic firm boosts finance, litigation, environmental and tax bench with hires from rivals including Eversheds Sutherland and PwC
Fieldfisher raids SKW Schwarz to boost media and entertainment practice in Germany
UK firm recruits 11 lawyers, seven from SKW Schwarz, as part of plans to build out a pan-European media and entertainment practice
Fieldfisher relaunches in Italy with five-partner team from former ally
Top 20 UK firm opens standalone office after cutting ties with Swiss Verein firm which has rebranded as WST
Ten get the nod in Fieldfisher’s latest partner promotions
London-dominated round sees women make up at least half of City firm’s new partners for third consecutive year
High Court allows Getty Images’ IP dispute with Stability AI to go to trial
Judge refuses to dismiss photo agency’s claims AI start-up used its stock to unlawfully train image generator
Fieldfisher to cut ties with its Italian arm
Verein arrangement to end next March as UK-based firm seeks ‘solid, long-term position in Italy’