News About Fieldfisher

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

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

16 Apr 2026

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

1 Apr 2026

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

20 Mar 2026

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

11 Aug 2025

Fieldfisher hires 68-strong team for Portugal debut

UK-founded firm absorbs local practice André Miranda Associados as it continues to grow European footprint

1 Jul 2025

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

8 May 2025

‘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

2 May 2025

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

10 Mar 2025

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

23 Jan 2025

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

17 Jan 2025

Fieldfisher managing partner Shooter wins second term

Robert Shooter has overseen 10% year-on-year revenue growth since taking the helm in 2022

4 Nov 2024

Fieldfisher hires Hausfeld’s former commercial disputes head in London

John McElroy bolsters City firm’s banking litigation offering

25 Jul 2024

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

3 Jul 2024

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

8 May 2024

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

17 Apr 2024

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

10 Apr 2024

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

27 Mar 2024

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

6 Dec 2023

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’

9 Nov 2023