Disputes

Deputy senior clerk will succeed top commercial set’s veteran director of clerking, Alex Taylor, in January | 1d

UK firm cites investment in technology and high-value work across corporate, litigation and real estate as turnover exceeds £221m | 2d

Ashurst Perkins Coie launches with more than 950 partners across 52 global offices | 2d

Four partners join in New York alongside eight further lawyers; together the team has tried more than 200 cases | 6d

Firms are acting for claimants against BHP in one of the largest group actions in English legal history | 6d

CAT grants collective proceedings order amid claims that US tech giant abused its dominant position in relation to its iCloud storage product | 6d

Professor Loukas Mistelis joins as an arbitration partner, marking another high-profile exit from Clyde & Co | 1w

Incoming team includes partner Charlotte Bijlani, who joins as co-head of its UAE disputes practice | 2w

Two women and an Asian judge among appointees as Sir Richard Snowden joins Supreme Court | 2w

Renowned practitioner Gary Born, WilmerHale’s global arbitration chair, joins with four more partners across London, Washington DC and New York | 2w

One year on, review co-chair Dr John Sorabji and Nicholas Bacon KC have decried inertia over their recommendations, reports Ben Rigby | 2w

Norton Rose Fulbright’s midyear litigation pulse survey highlights greater disputes exposure for energy, healthcare, tech and finance companies | 2w

Walter Merricks hails ‘total victory’ as High Court dismisses funder’s challenge to distribution of £200m settlement | 2w

Jessica Lee brings crypto and blockchain expertise to firm’s London disputes bench | 2w

Insurance heavyweight ups revenue 9.1% as it eyes becoming a billion-dollar law firm by 2030 | 3w

Juan Carlos Varela joins as office managing partner and chair of Seyfarth’s Latin America practice alongside two other Venezuelan-American attorneys | 3w

Paul Brehony joins as UK firm ramps up international work with office launches and alliances across the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the Americas | 3w

LIDW26’s main conference saw business and consumer representatives clash over UK class actions, while senior lawyers and policymakers called for a stronger defence of the rules-based international order | 3w

Litigation heavyweight hands out 5% salary increase to all London associates having matched Milbank’s new pay grades for its junior US lawyers earlier this week | 3w