Latest legal news

Experts have warned that law firms need to 'up their game' on data security after millions of documents were leaked from Panama offshore firm Mossack Fonseca. | 10yrs

Holman Fenwick Willan is boosting its Chinese law advice offering through a new formal alliance with Shanghai shipping boutique Wintell & Co. | 10yrs

A massive document leak from a Panama law firm has blown the lid on how companies and individuals use international havens to shield their wealth from taxation, with several international law firms gaining a mention for their connections to the firm. | 10yrs

Ramon Fonseca, the head of the Panama-based law firm at the centre of the massive leak of offshore financial data, has denied any wrongdoing and claims his firm has fallen victim to 'an international campaign against privacy.' | 10yrs

Slater & Gordon's closely watched deadline with its banks has passed without any formal announcement from the firm. | 10yrs

The Asia-Pac private equity market weathered falling oil prices, slowing global economic expansion and fluctuating currency to post one of its strongest years on record for 2015, including the highest year ever in terms of deal and count. | 10yrs

The Boston-based firm is launching a new office in the French capital with the help of a six-strong team of new recruits from King & Wood Mallesons. | 10yrs

A new study published by the Legal Services Board has shown just how dramatically legal fees can differ between firms in the United Kingdom. | 10yrs

A government-engineered surge in the number of lawyers in the last 15 years has not created a good marketplace for law firms, says The Wall Street Journal. | 10yrs

Pinsent Masons has promoted 18 lawyers to its partnership, though the overall number is a significant drop from last year's record number of 29. | 10yrs

A US consumer is accusing Uber's co-founder of orchestrating a 'genius' price-fixing scheme involving hundreds of thousands of Uber car drivers. | 10yrs

Renowned Wall Street M&A lawyer Scott Barshay is stepping out on Cravath to become global head of mergers and acquisitions for rival firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. | 10yrs

According to a new report, three key barriers discourage people from using legal services: inaccessible language and communications, lack of trust and failure to cater for the needs of vulnerable consumers. | 10yrs

From 1 May, all Sidley Austin associates working in the City will be punching above £100,000. | 10yrs

The firm has announced that 100 per cent of its qualifying trainees will be staying on. | 10yrs

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has banned former legacy Hammonds' Brussels boss Konstantinos Adamantopolous after he was found guilty of dishonest conduct. | 10yrs

Rocket Lawyer UK head Mark Edwards says legal professionals have nothing to fear from technological developments in the legal services sector. | 10yrs

The firm's Latin American presence has shrunk after ending its five-year relationship with Venezuelan outfit InterJuris. | 10yrs

Malaysia Airlines Berhad's attempt to have a lawsuit brought by relatives of passengers aboard doomed flight MH370 thrown out has failed, keeping the door open for other claims to follow. | 10yrs