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Litigation funding is reshaping into litigation finance as funders expand their litigation offerings. | 11yrs

A weekly round-up of moves around the globe. | 11yrs

Australian consumer firm has acquired one of the largest and most famous Welsh law firms, Leo Abse & Cohen - the 150-strong practice founded by Leo Abse who was a successful campaigner and Labour MP for 29 years. | 11yrs

Despite trebling its dividend, Swiss bank UBS has strengthened its legal provisions again and predicted a legal and regulatory environment which will continue to be challenging 'for the foreseeable future'. | 11yrs

The unusual interstate case sees barrister Amal Clooney as part of the team representing the 'hooded men' and led by Belfast law firm KRW Law. | 11yrs

Energy specialist Matthew Jones is not seeking a new term in March when his tenure comes to an end - despite taking the region through substantial change and increases in profits. | 11yrs

John Brennan, the CIA head, has strongly denied that his organisation spied on Senate staff working on last year's report on the agency's involvement in torture and secret rendition - but memos from a CIA lawyer suggest the contrary. | 11yrs

Freshfields is planning to shift the majority of its support service function out of London and into a new admin hub in a move that is expected to begin in early 2016. | 11yrs

The gap between the highest and lowest paid partners is increasing in the US. | 11yrs

Corporates struggle with visibility in their global operations, according to Deloittes. | 11yrs

The UK earned over £20bn from its legal sector last year and UK lawyers also undercut European rivals by an average of 20 per cent, according to London Mayor Alan Yarrow. | 11yrs

Law firms still have a way to go when servicing their clients, according to The GC Excellence Report 2015. | 11yrs

Dubai residents needing to perform simple legal tasks - such as renewing ID papers and government contracts - will soon be able to use new business and legal administration centres which are being opened in empty spaces in Metro stations. | 11yrs

Tonja Carter, the lawyer who found Harper Lee's 50-year old sequel to 'To Kill a Mockingbird' has been replying to suggestions that she exploited the 88-year old author by getting the new discovery published against the real wishes of Ms Lee. | 11yrs

Lawyers have already begun defending clients accused of questionable tax practices in Switzerland as revelations begin to be made in the international media about HSBC and 30,000 of its Swiss customer accounts between 2005 and 2007. | 11yrs

The battle for litigation funding marketshare is hotting up as Augusta Ventures claims it will dominate SME funding and become the company taking on the most cases. | 11yrs

Founder of the Skadden Arps Boston office, Robert Pirie went on to chair Rothschild and to become senior managing partner of Bear Stearns, drawing the admiration of rivals such as Marty Lipton who called him 'absolutely formidable'. | 11yrs

Michael Millikin will stay on at GM as legal head or as being 'available for consultng services' until the end of this year - despite calls from the Senate to fire him after his department was seen as slow to deal with a fatal faulty switch problem. | 11yrs

Like Italian banks in the Renaissance, law firms are increasingly commissioning original works of art to hang in their offices and give insights into the character and taste of their practices. | 11yrs