Plaintiffs filed 225 lawsuits in total last year, up from 215 in 2023, Cornerstone and Stanford Law School study finds | 1yr
Disputes
Milo Molfa is the firm’s 11th lateral hire in the past 12 months | 1yr
Siraj Omar launches eponymous firm in Singapore focused on commercial disputes | 1yr
Highly-regarded trial lawyer Allison Brown joins with four more partners | 1yr
Tie-up with Al Fahad & Partners adds 17-fee earners to US firm’s nine-lawyer Riyadh team | 1yr
Former co-head of arbitration to go solo in London but continue at Singapore’s Duxton Hill Chambers | 1yr
Chalk follows footsteps of ex-lord chancellor Lord Falconer and former attorney general Lord Goldsmith in joining a top US law firm | 1yr
First outright rejection of certification effectively tightens UK’s class action regime putting spotlight on independence of class representatives | 1yr
Roster includes 170 individuals and array of law firms, in-house teams, suppliers and not-for-profits | 1yr
Speakers included Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh Menon | 1yr
Litigator Antony Sassi to take helm in May following James Miller’s eight years in the role | 1yr
Turnover hits £220.1m in 2024 as profit dips slightly following 60% leap in 2023 | 1yr
Baker McKenzie’s annual disputes survey shows global companies are also concerned about employment disputes | 1yr
Dispute boutique’s largest partner class since 2019 includes lawyer involved in mammoth Trucks Cartel litigation | 1yr
Arif Hyder Ali and Joe Tirado are the latest arbitration partners to swap ‘Big Law’ for boutique life | 1yr
Hong Kong-headquartered corporate services group responds to claim filed in BVI | 1yr
BVI action against Hong Kong company alleges ‘dissipation of billions of dollars in stolen funds’ | 1yr
Split comes ahead of Kramer Levin’s planned merger with Herbert Smith Freehills | 1yr
Simmons scores victory for client in first opt out trial before Competition Appeal Tribunal | 1yr
Clive Gringras latest in string of recent partner hires for US firm’s City office | 1yr