Insurance

Trio join from Clyde & Co and Horizons & Co | 1mo

Programme offering alternative route to solicitor qualification attracts 1,000 applicants from mostly ethnic minority backgrounds | 1mo

Modhwadia and two other directors of fast-growing UK firm prohibited from practising as solicitors | 1mo

PEP holds steady at £708k as insurance law giant points to investments and swelling partner ranks | 1mo

Profit per equity partner hits £786k as UK-headquartered firm grows revenue in every group and region in first year of new strategy | 2mos

Move sees HFW become first UK-based international firm granted permission to set up shop in Greater Bay Area | 3mos

Stewarts, Clyde & Co and DWF among firms acting in litigation that sees Commercial Court rule against insurers on ‘at the premises’ business interruption test case | 3mos

This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Kroll, PlayOn! Sports, Imerys and APCO Holdings | 3mos

Andrea Ward joins to launch insurance specialist’s 13th UK office as DAC Beachcroft colleagues Tom Walshaw and Andrew Sheppard defect to Kennedys in London | 4mos

As Slava Kiryushin moves across to HFW, DWF adds insurance partner duo in Dubai from Kennedys | 5mos

Frank Monaco is the latest in a recent spate of recruits for the firm’s US insurance practice | 5mos

Paul Lewis replaces Damien Byrne Hill in role alongside Sydney-based Anna Sutherland | 5mos

Flurry of US boutique takeovers continues as UK insurance giant opens 15th US arm | 7mos

UK firm's latest European expansion adds offices in Milan and Rome | 7mos

Leonardo Giani joins UK firm in Milan to launch office in one of Europe’s biggest insurance markets | 8mos

Partners Peter Barnes and Charlotte Kelly join alongside 17 team members and bring expertise in Japanese industries | 8mos

Partner Ian Johnston and legal director Sorawat Wongkaweepairot join from Kennedys’ shuttered Bangkok office to launch insurance giant’s 14th APAC base | 10mos

Acquisition of Whitelaw Twining follows tie-ups in Portugal, Spain and Hong Kong | 10mos

Calgary office is the firm’s fourth in Canada and adds significant insurance litigation expertise | 11mos