Matthew Scully joins London disputes boutique alongside experienced former senior clerk Stephen Penson | 5mos
Disputes
Latest intake matches last year’s round, though the number of female promotions falls by half to two | 5mos
A&O Shearman, White & Case and Orrick have all parted company with seasoned practitioners | 5mos
Landmark ruling is a significant moment for the UK’s collective actions regime | 6mos
Hilton Mervis has devised a mechanism allowing unpaid court judgments to be converted into arbitral awards | 6mos
Andrew Barnes will succeed Luckman after an 18-month transition period during which they will operate as joint practice directors | 6mos
Global chair Barbara Becker is set to travel to London for an extended stay early next year | 6mos
Winston & Strawn’s Stephen D’Amore and Taylor Wessing UK’s Shane Gleghorn explain why they have pinned their firms’ destinies together | 6mos
Possible tie-up could see Taylor Wessing’s UK arm leave firm’s European Verein to create firm with revenue of $1.6bn | 6mos
Pallas Partners is awarding a maximum possible payout of $232k to associates and counsel on both sides of the Atlantic | 6mos
Move follows two firms severing formal ties in 2023 over concerns about Chinese regulations | 6mos
Clio-owned Fastcase alleges Alexi breached terms of licensing agreement to build rival legal data platform | 6mos
New Abu Dhabi office will be led by private client partner James Brockhurst | 6mos
Stephen Du joins from 7KBW and Clementine Makower returns to the Bar from Nordisk | 6mos
Meghan Kelly and Bill Oxley latest of more than 150 hires into Chicago giant’s litigation practice this year | 6mos
Bristol location head Ben Daniels to succeed longtime leader Virginia Clegg next year | 7mos
Employment specialist Robbie Sinclair joins as US firm focuses on building City disputes bench alongside its already strong deals team | 7mos
Round dominated by New York firm’s 600-lawyer corporate practice as 57 also made up to counsel | 7mos
Lexolent was launched in 2023 as the world’s first globally coordinated network for legal finance professionals | 7mos
Latest intake is down from 39 in 2024 but overall promotions including counsel are 12% higher | 7mos